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Title of the work

To be or not

Composer
Gyöngyösi Levente
Original / Hungarian title
Lenni vagy nem
Foreign language / English title
To be or not
Subtitle
Oratorio in remembrance of the Treaty of Trianon, on the text by András Visky
Year of composition
2020
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., A., T., B. soli - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (cmalpi., vibr., camp., trg., ptti., tmb.picc.c.c., 3 tom-tom, tam-tam, gr.c.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
32 min
Movements, parts
1. Hol vagy, Kolozsvár? / Where are you Kolozsvár?
2. Menjen föl a fény! / Let the light go up!
3. Sűrű köd, szeptember 30 / Dense fog, September 30
4. Lenni vagy nem lenni / To be or not to be
5. Miatyánk / Our Fahter
Text
VISKY, András
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra
Premiere information
4 June 2021, Kodály Center, Pécs, Hungary; Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Tibor Bogányi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. © 2020, K-0502
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Remarks, other info
The 4th movement of contains an excerpt from W. Shakeseare´s Hamlet (Hungarian translation by János Arany)