Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000) is a
song cycle in seven
movements by the composer
György Ligeti based on poetry by
Sándor Weöres. The work is scored for
mezzo-soprano and an unusual ensemble of percussion and wind instruments (including, in some songs, slide whistles and harmonicas). The lyrics are whimsical and often nonsensical, sometimes combining random
Hungarian words or parts of words into a nonsense language.[1]
One of Ligeti's last works, it represents a synthesis of folk and avant-garde elements typical of his later compositions.[1] Ligeti wrote the piece for
Amadinda Percussion Group and
Katalin Károlyi (mezzo-soprano) and was premiered in 2000 in the Arsenal of Metz.[2]
Movements
The work is for mezzo-soprano accompanied by four percussionists. The percussion for the seven movements is as follows:
3 different
snare drums and tom-tom, 1st soprano ocarina in C
Vibraphone
Bass marimba, 2nd soprano ocarina in C
Szajkó
Maraca, bass drum, tambourine, Japanese wood rattle, castanets,
wood block, sistrum, chimes (unpitched), metal bar, güiro, small Japanese bell, tom-tom, 2 police whistles, railway whistle,
triangle, 4 temple blocks, 2 different side drums, small
suspended cymbal, lion's roar, big
whip