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Title of the work

The Heavenly City

Composer
Lendvay Kamilló
Original / Hungarian title
A mennyei város
Foreign language / English title
The Heavenly City
Subtitle
Oratorio for bass-baritone, cello solo, chamber choir and chamber orchestra
Dedication
to the Kulturkreis Höxter-Corvey GmbH und seinen Gesellschaftern, der Vorsitzenden der Gesellschaftversammlung,Mr. Hubertus Backhaus, S.D. Franz Albrecht Herzog von Ratibor, Fürst von Corvey, Major of the City Höxter Hermann Hecker, Mr. Stephan N. Barthelmess.
Year of composition
2004
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
B.Bar., vlc. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - fl. (anche picc., fl.a.), ob. (anche c.ing.), 2 cl., cl.b., fg. - cor., tr., trb. - timp., perc. (tmb.picc.c.c., 3 roto., 3 bongo, gr.c., camp., metal chimes, crot., cmpli., gong., vibr., xil.) - arpa, pf. - strings: 6 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. Senza misura - Lento
2. Allegro vivace
Text
biblical
Language
Hungarian / German / English
Commissioned by
Dr. Stephan N. Barthelmess for the 50th Anniversary of Corvey Musikwochen
Premiere information
5 June 2004, 50th Anniversary of Corvey Musikwochen, Schloss-Corvey, Höxter, Germany

27 May 2005, Italian Institute, Budapest; László Jekl (B.), Csaba Onczay (vlc., commentaries), Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Choir, László Tihanyi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS (AYQU Music Inc., H-1137 Budapest, Szt. István Park 23.)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-32574, 2009 - László Jekl (B.), Tamás Mérei (vlc.), MR Symphony and Choir, Kálmán Strausz (choir master), László Tihanyi (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Citations from the Book of Revelation by John

Hungarian text based on the Bible-translation by Gáspár Károli
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Lendvay, Kamilló: The Heavenly City; Requiem Hungaroton