élet… fogytiglan, dialogo immaginario fra un poeta e un filosofo

ensemble (15 instruments): 1 (also picc., Fl. in G and bass Fl.).1.2. (II bass Cl.)1. / 1.1. (also Trp. in D and piccolo Trp. in B flat).1.-. / 2 Perc., Pf. / 1.1.1.1. Details: 1 flute (also piccolo, flute in G and bass flute); 1 oboe; 1st clarinet in B flat, 2nd clarinet in B flat (also bass clarinet in B flat); 1 bassoon / 1 horn in F; 1 trumpet in B flat (also trumpet in D and piccolo trumpet in B flat), 1 trombone / 2 percussionists / Piano / 1 violin, 1 viola, 1 violoncello, 1 doublebass)

Modular piece: 6 modules to be performed in different orders and combinations: 1. Libertà e Potere (Vacillante, accanito) (4’) – 2. Libertà e Violenza (Lancinante, inflessibile) (6’) – 3. Libertà come Indipendenza (Subdolo, inafferrabile) (5’) – 4. Libertà del Pensiero (Volatile, frémissant) (5’) – 5. Libertà della Fantasia (Scosceso, virulento) (9’) – 6. Muri (Libertà dei Sentimenti: estremo, radicale) (6’)

«Im Memoriam Tamás Klenjanszky | Founder of the Bartók Seminar in Szombathely (Hungary) | and great creator of music projects.»

Modules 1, 2, 5: Festival d’Automne, Paris, and Fondation Total pour la Musique for the 200° Celebration of the French Revolution (1989)

Modules 3, 4: Ensemble Intercontemporain (1998)

Actual complete version (Module 6): Festival «Acht Brücken | Musik für Köln» 2015

Modules 1, 2, 5: Paris, Centre G. Pompidou, 22th of November 1989; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Péter Eötvös (cond.).

Modules 3, 4: Paris, IRCAM, Espace de Projection, 6th of February 1998; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Patrick Davin (cond.).

Actual complete version: Köln, Philharmonie, 9th of May 2015; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pablo-Heras Casado (cond.).

The actual published full score concerns the 1989-1998 revision of élet… fogytiglan with modules 1, 2, 4, 5. The 2014-15 revision concerns also the new and not yet published text of modules 3 and 6. It dates: «Paris/Stuttgart, 2014-2015»