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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.

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Sitio

Composer
Laczkó Bálint
Original / Hungarian title
Sitio
Foreign language / English title
Sitio
Subtitle
For string quartet
Year of composition
2016
Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
3 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
Classicus Quartet: József Rácz, Réka Baksai (vl.), Péter Tronyai (vla.), Tamás Zétényi (vlc.) (Availbale on soundcloud.com)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere - Classicus Quartet: József Rácz, Réka Baksai (vl.), Péter Tronyai (vla.), Tamás Zétényi (vlc.) (Availbale on soundcloud.com)
Remarks, other info
"This piece is written for a concert, where Haydn´s Seven Last Words of Christ (op. 51 - string quartet version) was performed. There were also seven new pieces written by seven composers, each reflecting to one of the seven words. The new pieces were attached before or after the corresponding movements of the Haydn piece, forming all together an interesting "meta-piece", which was the concept of the concert programme. My piece is based on the 5th word: Sitio"