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.

Title of the work

Orpheus and Euridice


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Orpheus and Euridice
Foreign language / English title
Orpheus and Euridice
Subtitle
For solo tenor, organ, percussion, violin and harp
Dedication
to Szabolcs Brickner
Year of composition
2010

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
T. - org., perc. (2 esec.), vl., arpa
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III

Text
CZESZLAV, Milosz
Language
English / Hungarian
Commissioned by
Bartók Béla National Concert Hall, Budapest
Premiere information
10 February 2010, Bartók Béla National Concert Hall, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Szabolcs Brickner (T.), Kristóf Baráti (vl.), László Fassang (org.), Kinga Kolarics (arpa), Tamás Schlanger, Boglárka Fábri (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere, 2010 - Szabolcs Brickner (T.), Kristóf Baráti (vl.), László Fassang (org.), Kinga Kolarics (arpa), Tamás Schlanger, Boglárka Fábri (perc.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem "Orpheus and Eurydice" by the Polish-American poet Czeszlav Milosz