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Blake’s Tygers

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Blake’s Tygers
Foreign language / English title
Blake’s Tygers
Subtitle
For soprano voice (with triangle) and piano (with melodeon)
Dedication
to Nóra Tatai and Ferenc János Szabó
Year of composition
2021
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S. (anche trg.), pf. (anche melodeon)
Duration
5 min
Movements, parts
1. By Allen Ginsberg
2. By Ian Richardson
3. By Dame Helen Mirren
4. By Sir Ralph Richardson
Text
BLAKE, William
Language
English
Premiere information
27 Feburary 2022, FUGA - Budapest Center of Architecture, Budapest; Nóra Tatai (S.), János Ferenc Szabó (pf.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2022 - Nóra Tatai (S.), János Ferenc Szabó (pf.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
"For clapping soprano with sprechgesang-abilities playing a triangle & for a melodeon-player pianist."

"The vocal line of this work is trying to imitate the melody, rhythm and declamation of four different interpretations of William Blake’s well-known poem entitled The Tyger".