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

Penta Essentia - Music from The Land of the Five Geniuses


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Penta Essentia - Zene az öt géniusz földjéről
Foreign language / English title
Penta Essentia - Music from The Land of the Five Geniuses
Subtitle
For narrator, voice, clarinet and piano quintet
Year of composition
2024

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
8
Instrumentation
narrator, voice - cl. - pf. - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
75 min

Movements, parts
1. DÉL: Délibábos Délvidék
2. NYUGAT: Dunántúli Nap és Hold
3. ÉSZAK: Magyarbődi trilógia
4. ERDÉLY: Kalotaszegi évszakok
5. KELET: Hétköznapok a Pusztában

Text
KERESZTURY-ALBERT, Zsolt
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
21 March 2025, Vaszary Gallery, Balatonfüred, Hungary; Szilárd Bánföldi (narrator), Anna Leona Albert, Ákos Gubinecz (voice), Era Nova Chamber Orchestra: Zsombor Eszenyi (cl.), Ágosoton Dobozy (pf.), Kristóf Cseri, Kata Szöllősi (vl.), Salamon Nagy (vla.), Csongor Kiss (vlc.)
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
Text written by the composer, inspired by Béla Hamvas