Composition database

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.

Title of the work

The Apocalypse of Enoch


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Henoch Apokalipszise
Foreign language / English title
The Apocalypse of Enoch
Year of composition
1997

Type
Solo voice(s) with ensemble
Number of players
15
Instrumentation
S., Ms. - fl., cl. - arpa, pf. - perc. (4 esec.) - strings: vl. 1, cl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
41 min

Movements, parts
1. Prelűd / Prelude
2. Apokrif / Apocrypha
3. Az ég dolgai / Activities in the sky
4. Nézzétek meg a földet / Look at the earth
5. A felhő és a harmat / Clouds and dew
6. A Nap és a fák / The sun and the trees
7. Rettegés vár rád / Threaten all
8. Bukott angyalok / Fallen angels
9. Azokban a napokban / On that day
10. Kecskebakok és bárányok / Rams and Lambs
11. Karnevál / Carneval

Text
Enoch Prophet; biblical; PILINSZKY, János; HAMVAS, Béla
Language
Hungarian / Ge´ez (Ethiopian)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
BMC CD 035, 2000 - Ildikó Fodor (S.), Zsuzsanna Lukin (Ms.), UMZE Chamber Ensemble: Orsolya Winkler, Szilvia Szigeti (vl.), Márta Melis (vla.), Balázs Kántor (vlc.), László Nyári (cb.), Melinda Scholtz (fl.), Csaba Klenyán (cl.), Ágnes Polonyi (arpa), Zoltán Lengyel (pf.), Amadinda Percussion Group: Zoltán Rácz, Károly Bojtos, Zoltán Váczi, Aurél Holló (perc.), Domonkos Héja (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Prelude
2 Apocrypha
3 Activities in the sky
4 Look at the earth
5 Clouds and dew
6 The sun and the trees
7 Threaten all
8 Fallen angels
9 On that day
10 Rams and Lambs
11 Carneval
Remarks, other info
Based on excerpts from the "Apocalypse" of Enoch, on the poem "Apocrypha" by János Pilinszky and on the poem "Carnival" by Béla Hamvas