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Ligeti´s Century - Roaming in the Past, Op. 48

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Ligeti évszázada - Kalandozás a múltban, Op. 48
Foreign language / English title
Ligeti´s Century - Roaming in the Past, Op. 48
Subtitle
For orchestra
Dedication
to László Gőz
Year of composition
2023
Type
Orchestral work
Instrumentation
2 fl. (II anche picc./Tilinkó ad lib.), ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., fg. - 2 cor. (con sord.), 2 tr., trb. - timp., perc. (2 esec.: xil., 2 trg., marimba, tam-tam [picc.], pf. [sulle corde]) - cel. (anche pf., pf.el. or org.el.) - strings: 6 vl. 1, 5 vl. 2, 4 vla., 3 vlc., 3 cb.
Duration
7 min
Movements, parts
1. Fonák antifónák - egy székely népdal emlékfoszlányai [Fragmentary Memories of a Székely Folk Song]
2. Névjegy-korálok [Signature-chorales]
3. Ligatúra Ligetinek [Ligatura for Ligeti]
Commissioned by
Budapest Music Center for the centenary of György Ligeti´s birth
Premiere information
28 May 2023, "Ligeti 100" Festival, Concert Hall, Budapest Music Center; Ligeti Ensemble, András Keller (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 2023, K-135
Available here!
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, Recording of the premiere, 2023 - Ligeti Ensemble, András Keller (cond.)
Remarks, other info
"The more than six-decade-long friendship between György Kurtág and György Ligeti began in 1945, when they were both admitted to the composition department of the Budapest Academy of Music. Over the next ten years, their lives were closely intertwined, but their relationship remained unbroken even after Ligeti immigrated to Western Europe in 1956. At a commission of the Budapest Music Center, for the centenary of Ligeti´s birth, the 97-year-old Kurtág created a new orchestral piece entitled Ligeti´s Century, which is premiered on May 28, 2023 in Budapest. The last one of the composition’s three short movements, is a reimagined orchestral version of an earlier piano piece from Games VII (Venturing in the Past – Ligature for Ligeti’s birthday with love), while the double introduction that precedes it unfolds the folk song allusions of the Ligature, and presents “signature chorales” ranging from the BACH motifs to Ligeti" (Editio Musica Budapest)