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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

Halleluja - Oratorio Balbulum

Composer

Eötvös Péter

Original / Hungarian title

Halleluja - Oratorium Balbulum

Foreign language / English title

Halleluja - Oratorio Balbulum

Subtitle

Four fragments for mezzo soprano and tenor soli, narrator, choir and orchestra

Year of composition

2015

Type

Choir and orchestra

Instrumentation

Ms., T. solo - narrator (with amplification) - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) (48 voice) - 4 fl. (III anche picc., IV anche picc. and fl.a.) - 2 ob., c.ing. - 2 cl. in A, cl.b. - 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb. (I anche trb.a.), trb.b., tuba - timp., perc. (4 esec. - I: trg., crot., burma gong, tmb.b., bongo, sistrum, wood bl. - II: vibr., trg., tam-tam, tmb.picc., cabaza, guiro, shaker, sistrum - III: trg., ptti. á 2, 4 burma gong, cmpc., tom-tom, bell tree, caxixi - IV: camp., trg., 3 ptto.sosp., ptto.ch., gr.c., sistrum) - 2 arpa, pf., acc. (anche cel.) - strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.

Duration

54 min

Movements, parts

1. Erster Teil / Part One
2. Zweiter Teil / Part Two
3. Dritter Teil / Part Three
4. Vierter Teil / Part Four

Text

ESTERHÁZY, Péter

Language

German

Commissioned by

Salzburg Festival, Wiener Konzerthaus in collaboration with Wien Modern, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, Müpa Budapest - Palace of Arts Nonprofit Ltd, WDR and ACHT BRÜCKEN | Musik für Köln, Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich, Sydney Symphony Orch

Premiere information

30 July 2016, Salzburg Festival 2016, Großes Festpielhaus, Salzburg, Austria; Iris Vermillion (Ms.), Topi Lehtipuu (T.), Peter Simonischek (narrator), Hungarian Radio Choir, Zoltán Pad (choir master), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Harding (cond.)

24 November 2016, MÜPA - Palace of Arts, Budapest; Iris Vermillion (Ms.), Topi Lehtipuu (T.), Peter Simonischek (narrator), Hungarian Radio Choir, Zoltán Pad (choir master), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Péter Eötvös (cond.) (Hungarian premiere)

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Recordings

Wergo CD WER73862, 2019 - Matthias Brandt, Iris Vermillion, Topi Lehtipuu, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Peter Eötvös (cond.)
Kossuth Kiadó - Mojzer Kiadó, Audiobook, 2020 - Pál Mácsai (narrator)

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1 1. Erster Teil