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Kunstmusik

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Kunstmusik
Foreign language / English title
Kunstmusik
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
to the Danubia Orchestra Óbuda
Year of composition
2020
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl. (III anche cl. in Mib), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor. (tutti anche con sord.), 3 tr. (tutti anche con sord.), 3 trb. (tutti anche con sord.), tuba (anche con sord.) - perc. (4 esec. - I: 5 wood bl., frusta, xil., tmb.picc.; II: 3 tmb.picc., campli., ptti. a 2; III: 4 tom-tom, vibr., gr.c.; IV: timp. b., lion´s roar) - cel. - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
25 min
Movements, parts
1. Introduzione nel modo di P. Esterházy (sul Contrapunctus I)
2. Scherzo a 30 con canto firmo (sul Contrapunctus IV)
3. Paesaggio con vivi (sul Contrapunctus VIII)
4. Marcia militare nel tempo di pace (sul Contrapunctus II)
Commissioned by
Danubia Orchestra Óbuda
Premiere information
30 January 2022; Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, Benjamin Bayl (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2020, B-91 and Z. 15143 (On rental)
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Remarks, other info
"Il pezzo é basato sull´Arte della fuga di J.S. Bach, ma deve essere considerato come un´opera di arte independente"

"Kunstmusik is a symphonic series of variations written on four movements from J.S. Bach´s The Art of Fugue. Bach´s theme can be perceived sometimes as a real cantus firmus or as a logical organizing principle inviting to intellectual play from the background. The first movement, Introduzione nel modo di P. Esterházy, consists of a humorous "kneading" of the theme, its path leading from the noisy environment created by the percussion to the real Bach quote. This is followed by a hoquetus-like Scherzo, then an homage to András Szőllősy follows, Paesaggio con vivi (Landscape with Livings), with a celestial sound image. The final movement, Marcia militare nel tempo di pace, is a brass band remake based on the harmonic and rhythmic structure of the 2nd contrapunctus of Bach´s work, with a military taste so common with the Máté Balogh." (Editio Musica Budapest)