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

New Hungarian Song on Cultural Heights and Depths


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Új magyar ének a kultúra magasságairól és mélységeiről
Foreign language / English title
New Hungarian Song on Cultural Heights and Depths
Subtitle
Neo-baroque cantata for two singers, recorder, violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord
Year of composition
2017

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
6
Instrumentation
2 voice - rec., vl., viola da gamba, cemb.
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
BALOG, Zoltán
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
20 September 2017, Bálint Sándor House of Culture, Szeged, Hungary; Márta Murányi (voice), Judit Szathmáry (voice), Dóra Haraszti (rec.), Rudolf Balázs (vl.), Réka Nagy (viola da gamba), Máté Szigeti (cemb.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live video recording of the premiere, 2017 - Márta Murányi (voice), Judit Szathmáry (voice), Dóra Haraszti (rec.), Rudolf Balázs (vl.), Réka Nagy (viola da gamba), Máté Szigeti (cemb.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Text based on the speech held by Zoltán Balog at the 19th Karcag Cooking Festival