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Folk Songs 1913

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Folk Songs 1913
Foreign language / English title
Folk Songs 1913
Subtitle
For mezzo-soprano and ensemble
Dedication
to Veronika Harcsa and Martin Rajna
Year of composition
2022
Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
9
Instrumentation
Ms. - fl. (anche picc., handbell in C, D, F and Ab), cl. (anche handbell in Bb and Db) - perc. (2 esec. - I: 14 crot., 3 wood bl., melodeon; II: 12 camp., tom, melodeon) - music box or cel. (played by the conductor), arpa (anche handbell in Eb, G and Db) - strings: vla. (anche handbell in G and C), vlc. (anche handbell in Ab and Bb)
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. Introduzione - Molto calmo ma giusto
2. Tempo di Kujawiak
3. Parlando rubato declamato, molto largo
4. Tempo di kolo
5. Moderato, con flessibilitá. Come un rituale
6. Tempo di marcia
Text
Folk song(s)
Commissioned by
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
Premiere information
22 May 2022, Concert "Folks´ Songs", Synagogue, Győr, Hungary; Veronika Harcsa (Ms.), Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Rajna (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 2022, B-95 (Orchestral material on hire)
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Remarks, other info
Folk songs from Slovakia, Moravia, Galicia, Maramures, Serbia, Austria and Tyrol