OPERA, CHAMBER OPERA, MUSIC THEATER
FUHAROSOK | FUHRLEUTE | TRANSPORTERS, Mono-Concert-Opera (2019) [55:00]
for Mezzo-Soprano (or 3 female voices) and 15 players
[based on a novel by Péter Esterházy, libretto by Gregory Vajda – in Hungarian | in German]
GEORGIA BOTTOMS, A Comic Opera of the Modern South (2012-14/2017) [81:00]
for 11 singers and 19 players
[based on a novel by Mark Childress, libretto by Mark Childress and Gregory Vajda – in English]
MAGIC MOUNTAIN (2010) [85:00]
for 7 singers and 14 players
[based on Thomas Mann’s novel, libretto by Bettina Geyer – in German]
BARBIE BLUE (2006) [30:00]
for soprano, baritone and symphony orchestra
[Libretto: András Almási Tóth – in Hungarian]
THE GOLEM – A Jewish Operetta (2005) [80:00]
for 5 singers/actors and 8 players
[Libretto: András Almási Tóth – in Hungarian]
THE GIANT BABY (2001/2018-2019) [75:00]
for 4 singers, 3 part choir (3, 6 or 9 singing puppet actors) and 9 players
[based on a play by Tibor Déry, libretto by G. Vajda and Péter Horváth – in Hungarian]
VOCAL
THE MUSIC GENE (2020-2021) [Work in Progress]
for soprano, narrator and mixed ensemble
[on a text by Dr. Rick Myers – in English]
L’ANALPHABÈTE (2020) [22:00]
for soprano and 9 players
[On the autobiographical story by Agota Kristof – in French]
OPENING ∞, CLOSING ∞ | NYITÓ ∞, ZÁRÓ ∞ – in memoriam Zoltán Jeney (2020) [6:00]
for two mezzo-soprano voices
[On poems by Dezső Tandori – in Hungarian]
UNDER-SONG (2020) [2:15]
for two singers of the same voice-type with percussive self-accompaniment
[On a poem by Lola Ridge – in English]
THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES (2016) [7:30]
for (mezzo-)soprano and orchestra
[On a poem by W. B. Yeats – in English]
BARBIE MONOLOGUES (2007) [18:00]
for soprano and orchestra
[Libretto: András Almási Tóth, Gregory Vajda – in English]
BRACKET-SONGS (1996) [5:00]
for soprano, clarinet and piano
[Lyrics: András Petőcz – in Hungarian]
BRACKET-SONG (1992) [4:00]
for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and 6 percussion players
[Lyrics: András Petőcz – in Hungarian]
ORCHESTRA
ELECTRO CSÁRDÁS (2021) [7:30]
GLOOMY SUNDAY VARIATIONS | SZOMORÚ VASÁRNAP VARIÁCIÓK (2018) [12:30]
ROUGH AND READY, An American Outdoor Overture (2017) [3:40]
ORLANDO’S AWAKENING – Dance Allegory (2012) [15:00]
[based on a scene from Orlando, A Biography by Virginia Woolf]
BARBIE BLUE OVERTURE FANTASY (2011) [18:00]
DUEVOE | DÜVŐ (Version 2010) [9:00]
PURCELL VARIATION (2005) [1:45]
DUEVOE | DÜVŐ (2004/2007) [11:50]
ORCHESTRA WITH SOLO INSTRUMENT(S)
THE ROOSTER’S CROWING (2015-16/ 2021) [13:00]
Fantasy for Clarinet and Symphonic Band
CLARINET SYMPHONY (2015-16) [32:00]
for two clarinets and orchestra
DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS (2014-15) [22:00]
for timpani, drumset, concert bass drum and orchestra
CSÁRDÁS OBSTINÉ – homage to Ferenc Liszt (2011) [15:00]
for solo piano and orchestra
ENSEMBLE
THE MUSIC GENE (2020-2021) [Work in Progress]
for soprano, narrator and mixed ensemble
[on a text by Dr. Rick Myers – in English]
BAGATELLES CANONIQUES (2021) [12:00]
for mixed ensemble
L’ANALPHABÈTE (2020)
for soprano and 9 players
[On the autobiographical story by Agota Kristof – in French]
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (2019) [19:00]
for saxophone, viola, acoustic guitar, percussion and keyboard
GULLIVER IN FAREMIDO (2010) [28:00]
for narrator and 5 players
[written by G. Vajda and David Hill based on a short story by Frigyes Karinthy]
THE ROGUE HARMONICA, Fantasy Etude (2010) [3:30]
for 12 Woodwind Instruments
VACUUM | VÁKUM (2008) [22:00]
for recorded voice and mixed ensemble
[Text by Arpad Schilling]
MACROSCOPE (2007) [8:30]
for mixed ensemble
HYPERTEXT (2001) [11:00]
for mixed ensemble
DANCE AND SIDESONG (1997) [12:00]
for mixed ensemble
LE TOMBEAU DE MESSIAEN – PRELUDE (1994) [5:00]
for flute, clarinet, harp, string quintet
SOLO INSTRUMENT, CHAMBER MUSIC
PRELUDE TO DROP SHADOW (2021) [2:30]
to precede ‘Drop Shadow’
for two percussion players
DROP SHADOW (2021) [5:20]
for two percussion players
FAIRYTALE ENDINGS | MÄRCHENENDE hommage à Robert Schumann (2020) [11:30]
for clarinet and piano
FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN (2020) [7:00]
for flute(=afl), clarinet, celesta [2021 version for for flute(=afl), clarinet, percussion (Glockenspiel, Vibraphone)]
TROCCATA (2019) [5:00]
for trumpet and piano
ACCOMPANIMENT WITHOUT A SONG (2019) [1:40]
for solo piano
CAPTAIN HUME’S LAST PAVIN (2018) [6:15]
for solo cello with scordatura with or without recitation
HOW TO DRAW A TREE (2018) [2:00]
for violin and bass
ALICE ÉTUDES (2017) [30:00]
for clarinet and string quartet
DOME (2017) [5:15]
for flute and viola
FLOWER BLUE (2016) for violin, viola, cello and piano [1:33]
(to be performed as an appendix to Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer)
SCHNITTE (2015) [3:00]
for 2 violins
(to be performed in a stereo setting to precede Schnittke’s Moz’Art à la Haydn)
SOL-ÉTUDE (2014) [3:00]
for solo piano
VOID (2011) [6:00]
for solo piano
FURIOUS FLOWERS (2011) [4:00]
for 2 violas
CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN (2008) [8:30]
for flute(=afl), clarinet(=bcl), violin, cello, piano
SOUVENIR FROM TOGGENBURG -based on a Schubert song (2005) [3:30]
for solo piano
FIVE PHENOMENA (2005) [6:00]
for string quartet
HAAROM AALOM (2002) [11:00]
for clarinet and violin
TRISTAN ETUDE (2002) [4:00]
for two flutes
LA FOULE | THE CROWD (2001) [122:00]
for piano, upright piano, two percussions
(to be performed only with the silent movie ‘The Crowd’ by King Vidor)
TURNING (1998) [10:00]
for saxophone quartet
TIN OPERA | BLECHOPER (1998) [20:00]
for brass quintet (also playing percussion instruments)
NON-FIGURATIVE (1997) [25:00]
for speaking percussion quartet
THREE PANTOMIMES (1997) [11:00]
for flute and clarinet
THERE’S A WOMAN – hommage to Péter Esterházy (1996) [6:00]
for solo percussion
HOMMAGE À GYÖRGY KURTÁG (1993) [4:00]
for woodwind quartet
LIGHTSHADOW-TREMBLING (1993) [5:00]
for clarinet solo
PERMANENT DREAMS (1991/ 2017) [6:30]
for clarinet solo
