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Title of the work

Rare Byrds

Composer
Szigeti Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Rare Byrds
Foreign language / English title
Rare Byrds
Subtitle
For mixed choir and 5 renaissance brass instruments (or 2 trumpets and 3 trombones)
Year of composition
2016
Type
Choir and chamber ensemble
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 5 renaissance brass instruments (or 2 tr., 3 trb.)
Duration
5 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
SZIGETI, Máté
Language
Latin
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
Text by Máté Szigeti after scientific names of Orkney birds mentioned in "The Outrun" by Amy Liptrot

The piece uses fragments from motets Emendemus in melius and Alleluia - Ascendit Deus - Dominus in Sina by William Byrd.