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Dialog mit Eötvös

Composer
Dobri Dániel
Original / Hungarian title
Dialog mit Eötvös
Foreign language / English title
Dialog mit Eötvös
Subtitle
in memorim Péter Eötvös - Musical dialogue for symphony orchestra and "tape" electronics
Dedication
to Péter Eötvös and the Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra
Year of composition
2024
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., fl., ob., c.ing., cl., cl.b., fg., cfg. - 2 cor., tr. in C, trb. - perc. (2 esec. - vibr., ptto.sosp., 2 bongo, vibraslap, trg., thunder sheet, crot., 2 gong., campli., ptti., wood bl., bell tree, cmpc.) - strings: 8 vl. 1, 6 vl. 2, 4 vla., 3 vlc., 2 cb. - electronics
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
25 April 2024, Concert: In Memoriam Eötvös Péter - French Imressions, St. Stephen Hall, Székesfehérvár, Hungary; Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra, Rémi Durupt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
"In my piece called Dialog mit Eötvös, I’m having a virtual conversation with Péter Eötvös. As one point of view, we communicate through the acoustic instruments of the symphony orchestra with fragmented “question-answer” musical formulas. On the other hand, I use a more realistic, but more theatrical and alienating compositional technique: I inserted electronic interludes between the multi-characteristic orchestral movements created from excerpts of Eötvös-interviews. My intention was to make my own musical meanings for the disorted, modulated or delayed audio texts." (Dániel Dobri)

The title and the besetzung of the work refers to Péter Eötvös´ composition "Dialog mit Mozart".
The piece features four pre-recorded tracks which an operator is required to cue at appropriate moments in the score.