Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Roads


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Utak
Foreign language / English title
Roads
Subtitle
Studies for soprano voice and piano
Dedication
in memoriam Endre Szervánszky
Year of composition
1979

Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S., pf.
Duration
18 min

Movements, parts
1. Etűd / Piano etude No. 1
2. Hová lesz a kacaj / Where will the laugh go
3. Sznyezsnaja zamjáty (Porhó kavardul) / Sniezhnaja zamjati (Snow-dust whirls)
4. Etűd / Piano etude No. 2
5. Song / Dal
6. Blume (Virág / Flower)
7. Etűd / Piano etude No. 3
8. Difugio d´uccelli notturni (Madarak éj menedéke / Birds´ nocturnal shelter)

Text
PETŐFI, Sándor; YESENIN, Sergey; SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe; CELAN, Paul; QUASIMIDO, Salvatore
Language
Hungarian / Russian / English / German / italian
Commissioned by
Hungarian Radio
Premiere information
1981, Budapest, Hungarian Broadcasting, Adrienne Csengery (S.), József Bakki (pf.)

1982, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Adrienne Csengery (S.), Ádám Fellegi (pf.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, S-50095, 1981 - Adrienne Csengery (S.), Ádám Fellegi (pf.)
Hungaroton SLPX-12556, 1986 - Adrienne Csengery (S.), Ádám Fellegi (pf.)
1 min. sample
1 Roads
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Sándor Petőfi, Sergei Esenin, P.B. Shelley, paul Celan and Salvatore Quasimodo