Two Csokonai-songs
For Soprano or Tenor and piano
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The two songs, composed in 2007, are among the composer's most popular and most frequently performed lieder, although especially the “Song Nr. XXI”, the wail of a disappointed lover, is very complex and multi-layered, perhaps comparable to an operatic scene, as the composer's website says. Subtly alluding to the playfully enjambment rhymes of the poem "Wishing you well" the composer creates a music of folksy, dance-like swaying 5/8 rhythms. Both songs have a so-called „durchkomponierte” text-treatment, with a virtuoso, picturesque, atmospheric piano accompaniment. The Csokonai-songs are dedicated to the composer György Selmeczi, the elder master and fellow composer, the distinguished pianist who played the piano accompaniment at the premiere.
I. Song Nr. XXI.
II. Wishing you well
The two songs, composed in 2007, are among the composer's most popular and most frequently performed lieder, although especially the “Song Nr. XXI”, the wail of a disappointed lover, is very complex and multi-layered, perhaps comparable to an operatic scene, as the composer's website says. Subtly alluding to the playfully enjambment rhymes of the poem "Wishing you well" the composer creates a music of folksy, dance-like swaying 5/8 rhythms. Both songs have a so-called „durchkomponierte” text-treatment, with a virtuoso, picturesque, atmospheric piano accompaniment. The Csokonai-songs are dedicated to the composer György Selmeczi, the elder master and fellow composer, the distinguished pianist who played the piano accompaniment at the premiere.
I. Song Nr. XXI.
II. Wishing you well
