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Vier vorletzte Lieder

Composer
Vajda János
Original / Hungarian title
Vier vorletzte Lieder
Foreign language / English title
Vier vorletzte Lieder
Subtitle
(Swan songs) For mezzo-soprano voice and piano (or orchestra)
Dedication
to Emil Petrovics (Mov. I), to György Orbán (Mov. II), to Miklós Csemiczky (Mov. III), to Marius Tabacut (Mov. IV)
Year of composition
2018
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms., pf.
Movements, parts
No. 1. Prológ – A festő a függöny előtt. Prológus egy operaházi ünnepélyhez (Szabó Lőrinc)
No. 2. „Struggle for life” (Karinthy Frigyes)
No. 3. Haláltáncdalok (Orbán Ottó)
No. 4. Ariel… Appendix (Fodor Ákos)
Text
SZABÓ, Lőrinc; KARINTHY, Frigyes; ORBÁN, Ottó; FODOR, Ákos
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
3 October 2021, 34th Mini Festival - 5th Concert, Óbudai Társaskör, Budapest; Andrea Meláth (Ms.), Balázs Réti (pf.)

12 March 2022, Grand Hall, Academy of Music, Budapest; Andrea Meláth (Ms.), Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.) Premiere of the orchestral version)
Publisher / Source
Auris Scores Ⓒ 2023, ASc 23-10
Available here!
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Lőrinc Szabó, Frigyes Karinthy, Ottó Orbán and Ákos Fodor

Composed: 2012 - 2018 (version with orchestra: 2018 - 2019)