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Sommerreise

Composer
Wolf Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Sommerreise
Foreign language / English title
Sommerreise
Subtitle
For female voice and piano
Year of composition
2023
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
female voice, pf.
Duration
62 min
Movements, parts
1. The Arrival / Érkezés
2. At the Hotel / A szállodában
3. The Waves / A hullámok
4. People on the Beach / Emberek a parton
5. The Lady in the Wheelchair / A hölgy a tolószékben
6. Phone Calls / Telefonhívások
7. Did I Know Him? / Ismertem-e őt?
8. Strangers, Night and Day / Idegenek éjjel-nappal
9. A Couple On a Bench / Egy pár a parton
10. Weep and Cry / Sírj és zokogj
11. The Lady-in-Waiting / Az udvarhölgy
12. The Statues in the Park / A szobrok a parkban
13. The Sea is Salty / A tenger sós
14. I’ve Lost My Watch / Elvesztettem az órám
15. The Bar in the Park / A bár a parkban
16. The Man in the Dark / A férfi a sötétben
17. High Flying Airplanes / Magasan szálló gépek
18. The Fisherman’s Advice / A halász tanácsa
19. Running out of Money / Kifutok a pénzemből
20. The Deleted Number / A kitörölt szám
21. The Barmaid / A pincérnő
22. Accommodation / Hajlék
23. New Friends / Új barátok
24. The Guitar Player / A gitáros
Text
FÁBRI, Péter
Language
English
Premiere information
17 October 2023, Solti Hall, liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Kati Wolf (voice), József Balog (pf.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Available here!
Recordings
Video recording, 2025 - Györgyi Avvakumovits (voice), Nóra Tarnai (pf.) (Excerpts) (Available on youtube.com, FUGA729_online)
Remarks, other info
Text by Péter Fábri

Sommerreise is the reverse of Schubert’s landmark song-cycle Winterreise. In Winterreise, a man laments in 24 songs that his lover has broken up with him. In Sommerreise, the protagonist is a woman; the story is set not in winter but in summer; her lover does not break up with her but disappears; she does not leave but arrives— and after that, all sorts of things happen to her, primarily that she starts her life over.