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

Chicken-Meat-Soup, Op. 14


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Tyúk-hús-leves, Op. 14
Foreign language / English title
Chicken-Meat-Soup, Op. 14
Subtitle
Cantata for mezzo-soprano solo and 4 percussion players
Year of composition
2012

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S. - perc. (4 esec.)
Duration
10 min

Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV

Text
ANDORKA, Péter; Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian / English
Premiere information
16 March 2013, "Kurtág und Ungarn", Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland; Laure-Anne Payot (Ms.), Julien Annoni, Olivier Membrez, Oliver Schär, Pascal Viglino (perc.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live video-recording of the premiere, 2013 - Laure-Anne Payot (Ms.), Julien Annoni, Olivier Membrez, Oliver Schär, Pascal Viglino (perc.) (Available on youtube.com)
1 min. sample
1 Tyúk-hús-leves
Remarks, other info
Words by the composer (using old Hungarian recipes and other folklorian texts)