In An Eternal Dusk

solo cimbalom
2025

Duration 10’
Instrumentation cimbalom
First Performance 28 September 2025, Kölner Philharmonie, Germany; Áron Horváth
Commissioned by Müpa Budapest, Konzerthaus Wien and the European Concert Hall Organisation more info

Charlotte has a worldwide, exclusive publishing agreement with Birdsong
(Performance materials available in 2026)

Further Performances
12.11.25 Philharmonie Luxembourg, Salle de Musique de Chambre, Luxembourg; Áron Horváth
14.11.25 Festival Theatre of Müpa Budapest, Hungary; Áron Horváth
20.11.25 Wien Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria; Áron Horváth
21.1.26 Elbphilharmonie Kleinersaal, Hamburg, Germany; Áron Horváth
30.1.26 Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden; Áron Horváth
24.1.26 The Glasshouse, The Sage, Gateshead, Newcastle, UK; Áron Horváth
4.2.26 The Concertgebouw Recital Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Áron Horváth
8.2.26 Bozar, Brussels, Belgium; Áron Horváth
21.2.26 Konzerthaus Dortmund, Germany; Áron Horváth
1.3.26 NOSPR Katowice, Poland; Áron Horváth
14.3.26 Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Áron Horváth
12.4.26 Jennifer Blackwell Performance Space, Birmingham, UK; Áron Horváth
23.5.26 Casa da Música Porto, Portugal; Áron Horváth
14.7.26 Palau de la Música Catalana, Spain; Áron Horváth
18.10.26 Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Germany; Áron Horváth

The title and much of the inspiration for this solo cimbalom piece is taken from Sholeh Wolpé’s excellent translation of Forugh Farrokhzad’s poem. The music is gentle and expressive, “distant sounds” moving freely “unfixed and vagrant like a drifting breeze”. It is intricate, often hearing two ‘voices’ – doves, in the poem – “crossing in the wind”. Introverted and shadowy, we are isolated in an internal world, caught between day and night – an onerous, mysterious “strange land”.