Happy Present Meet
Kurtag Jatekok (Games) Vol.6 for Piano
Diary entries, personal messages
Contents
1.Születésnapra Antal Dórának
2.Születésnapra Antal Dórának 2. változat
3.Versetto: Temptavit Deus Abraham
4.Versetto: Consurrexit Cain adversus fratrem suum ...
5.Versetto: Dixit Dominus ad Noe: finis universe carnis venit
6.Vízözön-szirénák
7.Apokrif himnusz
8.Virág Nuriának
9.Päan
10.Levél Teőke Marianne-nak
11.Majomkodás
12.Magyar nyelvlecke külföldieknek
13.Alapelemek (1)
14.Alapelemek (2)
15.Didarida didadi...
16.Phan!
17.Fel, fel, hangok!
18.Ál-módoz-va (az elsüllyedt katedra)
19.Karácsonyi üdvözlet Hajninak
20.Keringő
21.Üzenet Szőllősy Andrásnak
22.Marina Tsvetayeva: It's Time
23.Járdányi Pál emlékére
24.Do-Mi D'arab
25.Les Adieux (in Janáceks Manier)
26.Hajdú András 60 éves!
27.Még az édes méz is ...
28.Szeszler Tibor emlékezete
29.Születésnapi elégia Juditnak
30.Doina
31.Halk búcsú Székely Endrétől
32.Mándy Stefániának
33.Vass Lajos emlékére
34....waiting for Susan
35.Ligatura x
36.Ligatura y
37.Lendvai Ernő in memoriam
38.Még egy szó Lendvai Ernőhöz
39.Sorok Sirokay Zsuzsinak
40.Dr. Nádor György, Verőce gyógyítójának
41.Szemtől-szembe (Demény János in memoriam)
42.... humble regard sur Olivier Messiaen
43.Mihály András emlékére
The idea of composing 'Games' was suggested by children playing spontaneously, children for whom the piano still means a toy. They experiment with it, caress it, attack it and run their fingers over it. They pile up seemingly disconnected sounds, and if this happens to arouse their musical instinct they look consciously for some of the harmonies found by chance and keep repeating them. Thus this series does not provide a tutor, nor does it simply stand as a collection of pieces. It is a possibility for experimenting and not for learning "to play the piano".Pleasure in playing, the joy of movement - daring and if need be fast movement over the entire keyboard right from the first lessons instead of clumsy groping for keys and the counting of rhythms - all these rather vague ideas lay at the outset of the creation of this collection. We should trust the picture of the printed notes and let is exert its influence upon us. The graphic picture conveys an idea about the arrangement in time of even the most free pieces. We should make use of all that we know and remember of free declamation, folk-music parlando-rubato, of Gregorian chant and of all that improvisational musical practice has ever brought forth.Let us tackle bravely even the most difficult task without being afraid of making mistakes: we should try to create valid proportions, unity and continuity out of the long and short values - just for our own pleasure! (BMC CD 139).
작곡가 Kurtag, Gyorgy
