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This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Title of the work

Burial Prayer

Composer

Durkó Zsolt

Original / Hungarian title

Halotti beszéd

Foreign language / English title

Burial Prayer

Subtitle

Oratorio for tenor and bass soli, mixed choir and orchestra

Year of composition

1972

Type

Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra

Instrumentation

T., Bar. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-Bar-B)) - 3 fg. (II, III anche cfg.) - cor., 3 tr. (III tr. picc. in fa), 3 trb. (III anche trb.cb.) - timp., timp.picc., perc. (4 esec. - tmb.picc.c.c., tmb.picc.s.c., ptti.sosp., trg., gr.c., tem-tem, chinese gong, camp., vibr.) - cel., arpa, cemb., pf., org. - strings: 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 5 cb.

Duration

33 min

Movements, parts

1. No. 1. Prologus
2. No. 2. Aria
3. No. 3. Motto
4. No. 4. Duetto
5. No. 5. Fuga
6. No. 6. Coro
7. No. 7. Recitativo
8. No. 8. Organum
9. No. 9. Coro
10. No. 10. Recitativo
11. No. 11. Turba
12. No. 12. Motto
13. No. 13. Coro
14. No. 14. Epilogus

Text

Pray-codex

Language

Hungarian

Commissioned by

the Metropolitan Council of Budapest for the 100th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda

Premiere information

21 February 1975, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Attila Fülöp (T.), Endre Ütő (B.), Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, György Lehel (cond.)

Publisher / Source

Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 10164
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Recordings

Hungaroton, SLPX-11803, 1972 - Attila Fülöp (T.), Endre Ütõ (B.), Ferenc, Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Hungaroton, HCD-31654, 1995 - Attila Fülöp (T.), Endre Ütõ (B.), Ferenc Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Television, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)

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1 1. Prologus