Composition database

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

Lethe

Composer
Bella Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Lethe
Foreign language / English title
Lethe
Subtitle
For string orchestra
Year of composition
2014
Type
String orchestra
Number of players
21
Instrumentation
strings: 12 vl., 4 vla., 4 vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
Musica Viva, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Péter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation
Premiere information
20 February 2015, Musica Viva Concert Series, Hercules Hall, München; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.)

23 February 2018, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Anima Musicae Kamarazenekar, Péter Dobszay (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © Z. 14933 (B-77) (First composition published in the series of the Péter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation)
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Recordings
Available at matebella.com and youtube.com