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Scenes, Op. 39

Composer
Kurtág György
Original / Hungarian title
Jelenetek, Op. 39
Foreign language / English title
Scenes, Op. 39
Subtitle
For flute
Dedication
For Ádám Szokolay
Year of composition
1997
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
fl.
Movements, parts
1. Ballada / Ballad
1a. Ballada [ritmmizáltabb lejegyzés] / Ballad [more rhythmic notation]
2. Viszhangok - össze-vissza / Echoes - back and forth
3. ...előkészületek, kísérletek egy örökmozgó létrehozására / ...preparations, experiments for the creation of a perpetuum mobile...
4. Tétova vallomás / A faltering confession
5. Madárnyelven / In the language of the birds
6. Tünődve / Pondering
7. Vadul és szenvedélyesen / Wild and passionate
8. Gyimesi emlék / Memories of Gyimes
9. Epilógus [...rêveries du promeneur solitaire...] / Epilogue [...rêveries du promeneur solitaire...]
Premiere information
21 February 2016, Concert on the occasion of György Kurtág´s 90´th Birthday: "Kurtág 90 - The Almost Unknown Kurtág", Concert Hall, Budapest Music Center; Máté Bán (fl.)
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest Ⓒ 2020, Z. 15127
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Remarks, other info
Each movement in the cycle reformulates familiar gestures of Kurtág´s music: it develops pensive, impetuous, ethereal or playful characters.