Performed by Mark Menzies (viola) at the concert 4:7, "Dualities", Unitarian Church, Ponsonby, Auckland, 3 June 2021.
Mark Menzies Photo: Supplied
Hora lungă is the first movement of György Ligeti's Viola Sonata and takes its influences from a Romanian folksong style – "hora lungă" means “long song”.
The entire movement is played on the C string ... the lowest string of the viola.
Recorded by RNZ Concert
Producer, engineer: Tim Dodd
