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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

The Revelation to St. John

Composer

Durkó Zsolt

Original / Hungarian title

A Jelenesek könyvének margójara (The Revelation to St. John)

Foreign language / English title

The Revelation to St. John

Subtitle

For mezzosoprano, tenor and bariton soli, mixed choir and orchestra

Year of composition

1996

Type

Choir and orchestra

Instrumentation

Ms., T., Bar. solo - mixed choir (A-ad lib. Ms-T-Bar) - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 3 fg. - 3 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. - timp., perc. (4 esec. - gr.c., 3 tom-tom, tmb.picc.s.c., ptti.sosp., tam-tam, trg., camp., vibr., xil., 2 bongo., tmb.picc.c.c.) - cemb. (anche cel.), arpa, pf., org. continuo - strings: 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.

Duration

30 min

Movements, parts

Part I
1. No. 1. Aria: Idő nem vala még / When there was no time
2. No. 2. És a Kerubok / And the cherubim
3. No. 3. Arietta: Csillagokat és földet teremté az úr / The Lord has made the stars and the earth

Part II
4. No. 4. De egy, ki neveztetik kigyónak / But one who is called the serpent
5. No. 5. Recitative and Variations: Az embernek orcája lealacsonyíttaték / And the face of man is debased

Part III
6. No. 6. Az úr megelégeli azon kevesek szenvedéseit / The Lord had enough of the suffering of those few
7. No. 7. Jaj nektek, ti kalmárok / Alas! alas! you merchants
8. No. 8. Episode: Ugy alahajlik / They bow down to the earth

Part IV
9. No. 9. Es ada igeretet... / And the Lord has given...
10. No. 10. Mintegy... / As if it shone over the sea...

Text

KÁROLI, Gáspár; DURKÓ, Zsolt

Language

English

Premiere information

1997, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest

Publisher / Source

MS (Hungarian Radio Archives)

Recordings

Hungaroton HCD-31818, 1999 - Lúcia Medgyesi-Schwartz (Ms.), József Mukk (T.), László Szvétek (Bar.), Hungarian National Choir, Symphony Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio, András Ligeti (cond.)

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1 No 1. Aria