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

Kipling’s Speech


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Kipling’s Speech
Foreign language / English title
Kipling’s Speech
Subtitle
For solo voice, flute, cello and piano
Year of composition
2016

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
reciter - fl., vlc., pf.
Duration
7 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
KIPLING, Rudyard
Language
English
Commissioned by
Karl-Amadeus-Hartmann Gesellschaft, Munich
Premiere information
5 June 2018, Karl Amadeus Hartmann-Gesellschaft, Munich; ensemble hartmann21: Roxana Lucia Mihai (reciter), Serena Aimo (fl.), Hans-Henning Ginzel (vlc.), Henry Bonamy (pf.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition UESD101550-000 (Published via scodo)
Available here!
Recordings
Live video recording, Budapest Music Center, 2019 - Máté Balogh (reciter), Máté Bán (fl.), Tamás Zétényi (vlc.), Imre Dani (pf.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem "If" by Rudyard Kipling