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

Old Picture of Mother


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Anyuska régi képe
Foreign language / English title
Old Picture of Mother
Subtitle
Chamber cantata on poems by Dezső Kosztolányi and Judit Tallér - For soprano solo, viola, cello and piano
Dedication
to the memory of Judit Paczolay Tallér
Year of composition
2016

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
S. - vla., vlc., pf.
Duration
20 min

Movements, parts
1. Anyuska régi képe / Old picture of mother (Dezső Kosztolányi)
2. Szomorúság / Sadness (Judit Tallér)
3. Maradj, csöndem / Stay, my silence (Judit Tallér)
4. Keserűen / Bitterly (Judit Tallér)
5. Hogy… - Mondóka / How… - A little rhyme (Judit Tallér)
6. Ablakom előtt / Outside my window (Judit Tallér)
7. Szegény anyám csak egy dalt zongorázik / My poor mother plays just one song on the piano (Dezső Kosztolányi)

Text
KOSZTOLÁNYI, Dezső; TALLÉR, Judit
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Éva Bátori
Premiere information
10 October 2018, CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, Mini-Festival 4.3, Mirror Hall, Festetics Palace, Budapest; Éva Bátori (S.), Anita Inhof, András Kurgyis (vla.), Katalin Anducska (pf.)
Publisher / Source