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A Lament for Rembrandt´s Jeremiah

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
A Lament for Rembrandt´s Jeremiah
Foreign language / English title
A Lament for Rembrandt´s Jeremiah
Subtitle
For violin solo
Year of composition
2024
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
vl. solo
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Commissioned by
FEstival Academy Budapest for the 5th Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition
Premiere information
July 2024, 5th Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition, Concert Hall, Bartók Conservatory, Festival Academy Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording, 2024 - Sofiia Plakhtsinska (vl.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
The piece was commissioned by the 5th Ilona Fehér International Violin Competition. It can be regarded as an acoustic reflection to Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s well-known painting entitled Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem (1630).