(37:30)
Text: Sándor Weöres
solo barytone, boy soprano, zymbalom, virtual choir (synth.) and orch.: 5 fl. (2-3-4-5 also picc., 4-5. also altfl.), 5 ob. (5. also eng. horn), 4 cl. (4. also bcl), 1 bcl (cbcl), 5 bassoon (4-5. also contrabassoon), 4 sax.(s., a., t., bar)/6 hr., 5 tr. (1-2 also picctr.) bugle., 5 trombone (1. alto, 5. basso ), 2 tuba, /10 perc. / 2 harps, 2 el.piano/3 synth./bassguitar/ strings: 2.2.2.2.2
Commissioned by WDR Köln
First performance: November 1995 Cologne
(WDR Symph.Orch., Dietrich Henschel, Marta Fábián, cond. Peter Eötvös)
CD: BMC CD007 Budapest (WDR Symph. Orch. cond. Peter Eötvös)
Edition Ricordi München - performing material on hire (Sy 3221)