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Ukrainian Fragments

Composer
Hartl Bence
Original / Hungarian title
Ukrán töredékek
Foreign language / English title
Ukrainian Fragments
Subtitle
(...you, young cossack, are all a liar in you...) - For bass trombone
Dedication
to Dávid Sztranyák
Year of composition
2023
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
trb.b.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
(...you, young cossack, are all a liar in you...)
(...she was an orphan and now a widow...)
(...fallen freedom on the green grove...)
(...oh, how difficult it is to live...)
Premiere information
25 April 2023, Young Composers´ 4th Festival in Szeged, I. Festival Concert, Sándor Bálint House of Culture, Szeged; Dávid Sztranyák (trb.b.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Edition
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2023 - Dávid Sztranyák (trb.b.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
This piece was written after the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war. It is based on Ukrainian folk songs recently collected by Polyphony Project. Rough translations of some passages appear in the sheet music, but they don’t need to be explained to the listener. The piece requires some extended techniques from the performer, such as microtonal intonation, humming, air noise and smacking.