Handsome White Shepherd

Gyula Ács was invited to compose music for folk instruments for the Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra of Miskolc, Hungary. He did a series of “Zsok” [or Joc] for the tarogato (Tracks 4-10); and a concerto for two Hungarian bagpipes (Tracks 1-3).
Fonó now releases these works on record along with three arrangements of folk songs (Tracks 11-13). One of the arranged folk songs provided the title for this recording - is “Miorița” the Moldavian Csángó ballad about a mountain shepherd that was killed (Track 13).

“The bagpipe concerto idea has interested me since the 1980s, ever since I learned to play the bagpipe. Playing together with my friend Ferenc Tobak, I felt like the instrument had more to offer than three jumping dances and two csárdás-es.
Zsók [or Joc] is based on the music tradition of the village of Elek - a community in Eastern Hungary that has a majority Romanian population…” Gyula Ács

1. Dudaverseny I. 9.28
2. Dudaverseny II. 5.20
3. Dudaverseny III. 5.27
4. Joc - Zsok Lunga 1.48
5. Joc - Zsok Szerba 1.18
6. Joc - Zsok Minuncava 0.48
7. Joc - Zsok Doina 3.36
8. Joc - Zsok Tiganesca 1.46
9. Joc - Zsok Hora Mare 2.08
10. Joc - Zsok Ardelana 1.21
11. A kövesdi határ felől 2.31
12. Lányok, lányok 3.44
13. Szép fehér pekulár 4.56

With:
The Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra
Tilla Török (voice)
Botond Bese (bagpipe)
Gyula Ács (bagpipe, tarogato)
Conductor: Gyula Ács


Producer: Gyula Ács
Sound engineer: Richárd Csonka
Music director: András Bujtás
Cover art: Boglárka Soltész
Graphics/layout: Dóra Kiss, Marianne Szilasi
© 2016 Fonó Budai Zeneház