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

Existentia – In Memoriam Sándor Weöres


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Existentia – In Memoriam Weöres Sándor
Foreign language / English title
Existentia – In Memoriam Sándor Weöres
Subtitle
Symphonic Poem
Dedication
Written in the Fall of 2014 for Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Year of composition
2015

Type
Solo voice(s) with orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - fl. (anche picc.), ob., 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), fg. - cor., tr., trb. - 2 timp., perc. (2 esec. - vibr., ptti., gr.c., xil., campli., crot., tam-tam, cimb., ptto.sosp.) - cimb., arpa, cel. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
25 min

Movements, parts
1. Prae-Existentia
2. Existentia
3. Post-Existentia

Text
WEÖRES, Sándor; Folk song(s)
Language
Hungarian / English
Premiere information
24 January 2015, Jordan Hall, Boston; Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere, 2015 (Available at the composers webiste: karosi.org)
Hungaroton HCD-32805, 2019 - Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2014 - 2015

 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Hungaroton