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The Sirens Cycle

Composer
Eötvös Péter
Original / Hungarian title
The Sirens Cycle
Foreign language / English title
The Sirens Cycle
Subtitle
For coloratura soprano (or soprano) and string quartet
Year of composition
2016
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
5
Instrumentation
S. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc.
Duration
45 min
Movements, parts
I. First part: Joyce
1. 1st Movement
2. 2nd Movement
3. 3rd Movement (O Rose!)
4. 4th Movement
5. 5th Movement
6. 6th Movement
7. 7th Movement
8. Interlude (prerecorded)

II. Second part: Homer
9. Homer
10. Interlude (repeated)

III. Third part: Kafka
11. Kafka
Text
JOYCE, James; HOMER; KAFKA, Franz
Language
English / Ancient Greek / German
Commissioned by
Co-commissioned by Wigmore Hall with the support of André Hoffmann, president of the Foundation Hoffmann, a Swiss grantmaking foundation; Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich; Alte Oper Frankfurt; Centro Nacional de Difusion Musical Madrid; Ircam-Centre Pompidou,
Premiere information
1 October 2016, Wigmore Hall London, England; Piia Komsi (S.), Calder Quartet (Without electronic interludes)

2 October 2016, Tonhalle, Zürich; Audrey Luna (S.), Calder Quartet

12 October 2016,IRCAM, Paris; Audrey Luna (S.), Calder Quartet (Premiere with live-electronics)

15 October 2017, CAFe Budapest Contemporary Art Festival, Concert-Hall, Budapest Music Center; Piia Komsi (S.), Calder Quartet: Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (vl.), Jonathan Moerschel (vla.), Eric Byers (vlc.) (Hungarian premiere)
Publisher / Source
Schott Music © 2016, 58248 (On rental)
Available here!
Recordings
BMC CD 249, 2017 - Audrey Luna (S.), Calder Quartet: Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook (vl.), Jonathan Moerschel (vla.), Eric Byers (vlc.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2015 - 2016

Texts by James Joyce, Homer and Franz Kafka
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Péter Eötvös: String Quartets - The Sirens Cycle / Korrespondenz BMC Records