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Title of the work

The Wall No. 2

Composer
Pertis Jenő
Original / Hungarian title
A fal No. 2
Foreign language / English title
The Wall No. 2
Subtitle
Improvisations for 9 Female Voices
Year of composition
1981
Type
Vocal music
Number of players
9
Instrumentation
9 female voice
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
GUILLEVIC, Eugéne; SOMLYÓ, György
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
25 November 2009, 12th Concert-Cycle of New Hungarian Compositions, Fészek Artists´ Club, Budapest; Tomkins Vocal Ensemble, János Dobra (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32436, 2006 - Members of the Hungarian Radio Chorus, Ferenc Sapszon (cond.)
Hungarian Radio (Live recording of the premiere. Available at nava.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Eugéne Guillevic

Hungarian translation by György Somlyó