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Shijing Songs

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Si King-dalok
Foreign language / English title
Shijing Songs
Subtitle
For soprano voice, 5 wood blocks and symphony orchestra
Dedication
to the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Year of composition
2019
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch.
Instrumentation
S. solo - 5 wood bl. (1 esec.) - 3 fl., 3 ob., 3 cl., 3 fg. - 4 cor. (with sordino), 3 tr. (with cup sordino), 2 trb. (with cup sordino), trb.b. (with cup sordino), tuba (with sordino) - perc. (3 esec. - I: tam-tam (big); II: gr.c., 3 ptti.sosp.; III: timp., 4 camp.) - strings: 14 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Chinese
Commissioned by
Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Premiere information
3 December 2019, Shanghai, China
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Based on the first two on poems from Shījing (詩) collection