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Fuhrleute / Transporters

Composer
Vajda Gergely
Original / Hungarian title
Fuharosok
Foreign language / English title
Fuhrleute / Transporters
Subtitle
Mono-Concert-Opera for mezzo-soprano (or 3 female voices) and 15 players
Year of composition
2019
Type
Opera
Number of players
16
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - fl., 2 ob., cl. (anche cl.b.), fg. - 2 cor. - perc. (1 esec.) - arpa, pf. - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
55 min
Text
ESTERHÁZY, Péter; VAJDA, Gergely
Language
Hungarian / English
Premiere information
13 March 2020, UMZE Chamber Ensemble: Romantic Readings, Budapest Music Center; Anna Molnár (Ms.), UMZE Ensemble: Lívia Duleba (fl.), Csenge Adorjáni, Zsuzsanna Varga (ob.), Zsolt Bartek (cl., cl.b.), Attila Jankó (fg.), Máté Börzsönyi, Tamás Farkas (cor.), Aurél Holló (perc.), Barbara Kriesch (arpa), Emese Mali (pf.), Oszkár Varga, Eszter Krulik (vl.), Péter Bor (vla.), Judit Szabó (vlc.), Marcell Dénes-Worowski (cb.), Gergely Vajda (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2020 - Anna Molnár (Ms.), UMZE Ensemble: Lívia Duleba (fl.), Csenge Adorjáni, Zsuzsanna Varga (ob.), Zsolt Bartek (cl., cl.b.), Attila Jankó (fg.), Máté Börzsönyi, Tamás Farkas (cor.), Aurél Holló (perc.), Barbara Kriesch (arpa), Emese Mali (pf.), Oszkár Varga, Eszter Krulik (vl.), Péter Bor (vla.), Judit Szabó (vlc.), Marcell Dénes-Worowski (cb.), Gergely Vajda (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the novel by Péter Esterházy

Libretto by Gregory Vajda

Winner of the Artisjus (Hungarian Copyright Association) "Classical Music Composition of the Year" Award in 2022