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Requiem for Lajos Kassák, Op. 15

Composer
Balassa Sándor
Original / Hungarian title
Rekviem Kassák Lajosért, Op. 15
Foreign language / English title
Requiem for Lajos Kassák, Op. 15
Subtitle
Oratorio
Year of composition
1969
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., T., B. solo - mixed choir - orchestra
Duration
30 min
Movements, parts
1. Lento liberamente
2. Tranquillo molto espr. rubato
3. Allegro mesto - Presto possibile
4. Rubato semplice - Lugubre con moto quasi gregoriano
Text
KASSÁK, Lajos
Language
Hungarian / German / English
Commissioned by
Lajos Kassák´s wife
Premiere information
13 October 1971, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Erika Sziklay (S.), Sándor Palcsó (T.), Endre Ütő (Bar.), Hungarian Radio and Television Choir and Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest, Z. 10144/A
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX-11681, 1972 - Erika Sziklay (S.), Sándor Palcsó (T.), Endre Ütő (B.), Hungarian Radio and Television Choir and Symphony Orchestra, György Lehel (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Requiem for Lajos Kassák
Remarks, other info
The work was named "Best Composition of the Year 1972" at the Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs

English translation by Ágnes Gergely, German translation by Mihály Raáb
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Balassa, Sándor: Requiem for Lajos Kassák, Op.15; Legend Op.15; Cantata Y, Op.21 Hungaroton