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Eisikovits-Recitations

Composer
Balogh Máté
Original / Hungarian title
Eisikovits-Recitations
Foreign language / English title
Eisikovits-Recitations
Subtitle
Cantata for flute, percussion, narrator and two string quartets
Dedication
to Noémi Győri & the FAB (Festival Academy Budapest) Ensemble
Year of composition
2025
Type
Concerto
Number of players
11
Instrumentation
fl. - perc. (1 esec.: wood bl.) - narrator - strings: 4 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc.
Duration
6 min
Text
Folk song(s)
Language
Yiddish
Commissioned by
Festival Academy Budapest
Premiere information
22 July 2025, Festival Academy Budapest | Kaddish – To remember and remembered “80”, Contemporary Works Inspired by the Holocaust, Concert Hall, Budapest Music Center; Noémi Győri (fl.), Szabolcs Joó (perc.), Balázs Fellegi (narrator), Gáspár Kelemen, Maya Kasprzak, Daniil Bulayev, Coco Tomita (vl.), Mathis Rochat, Előd Soós (vla.), Mon-Puo Lee, Flóra Csőke (vlc.), Máté Balogh (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording of the premiere, 2025 - Noémi Győri (fl.), Szabolcs Joó (perc.), Balázs Fellegi (narrator), Gáspár Kelemen, Maya Kasprzak, Daniil Bulayev, Coco Tomita (vl.), Mathis Rochat, Előd Soós (vla.), Mon-Puo Lee, Flóra Csőke (vlc.), Máté Balogh (cond.)
Remarks, other info
The piece is based on Jiddish folk songs, collected by Max Eisikovits