Chamber Ensemble and
Vocal Solo
SKU:
BT.EMBZ14709
Composed
by Ferenc Farkas. Book
Only. Composed 2010. 88
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ14709.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ14709).
German-French.
T
he 'Lullaby' to celebrate
the first birthday of my
son András forms the
first melody of the Fruit
Basket. This cycle of
children's poems is full
of humour and delicacy of
feeling, sometimes even
reminiscent of a
grotesque, which makes
such poems equally
delightful for adults.
There thus arose twelve
melodies to match this
cycle of very short songs
with the following
characteristics: the
curious march of 'Kaspar'
(Punch) the fabulous
world of the 'Magic Box'
the tenderness of
'Sunbeams' the sound of
bells in 'Morning in the
Village', where a cock
crows and a donkey brays
the tranquillity of the
forest where 'Violets'
are hidden. Abstraction
and humour are found in
the 'StoneFrog' charm in
the lyricism of the
'Lullaby' gentleness in
the sound of the 'Sleigh
Bells'. In a watery world
there reigns the 'Frog
King' while the 'Little
Elf' dances with the
angels and the
'Hanswurst' (Harlequin)
Serenade rings out in
jocular and sad vein.
Together a whole row of
wonderful appearances all
find their epitome in the
concluding
'Midday-Cloud'. This work
was originally written in
1946/47 the version for
solo singer and wind
quintet was composed in
1980. Until now it has
been available only for
hire, it is being
released on to the market
now for the first time.
Der Komponist
schrieb über sein
Werk: ‚Das
'Wiegenlied', das als
Erstes entstandene Lied
des Liederzyklus
‚Früchtekorb',
komponierte ich
anlässlich des ersten
Geburtstages meines
Sohnes András. Der
Humor und das
Feingefühl in den
Kindergedichten von
Sándor Weöres, die
zuweilen an Grotesken
erinnern, sind auch
für Erwachsene
reizvoll und haben mich
zu weiteren Liedern
inspiriert. So entstanden
in kurzer Folge die
zwölf Liederdes
vorliegenden
Zyklus.'.