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This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Title of the work

Madrigals of Passion and Wisdom

Composer

Beischer-Matyó Tamás

Original / Hungarian title

Madrigals of Passion and Wisdom

Foreign language / English title

Madrigals of Passion and Wisdom

Subtitle

Lyrics by William Shakespeare, for mixed choir with solo soprano

Dedication

To Csaba Somos and the MR Hungarian Radio Choir

Year of composition

2011

Type

Choir with solo voice(s)

Instrumentation

S. solo - mixed choir (S-Ms-A-T-Bar-B)

Duration

15 min

Movements, parts

1. My Poor Fool
2. Falstaff´s Letter
3. Jog On, Jog On, the Foot-Path Way
4. Come unto These Yellow Sands

Text

SHAKESPEARE, William

Language

English

Premiere information

19 October 2012, Italian Institute of Culture, Budapest; Zsófi Bódi (S.), MR Hungarian Radio Choir, Csaba Somos (cond.)

29 April 2016, Shakespeare 400, Celebration Hall, Vigadó, Budapest; Hungarian National Choir, solo: Ágnes Szalai, Csaba Somos (cond.) (Movements I, III and IV only)

28 August 2016, Series: Choir Concerts in the Court of Erdődy-Palace, MTA Institute for Musicology - Museum of Music History, Hungarian National Choir, Csaba Somos (cond.) (Movement II only)

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2012 - Zsófi Bódi (S.), MR Hungarian Radio Choir, Csaba Somos (cond.) (Recording of the premier performance)

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1 I.