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Farewell to Várad - Cantata on Janus Pannonius´s Poems

Composer
Faragó Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Búcsú Váradtól - Kantáta Janus Pannonius költeményeire
Foreign language / English title
Farewell to Várad - Cantata on Janus Pannonius´s Poems
Year of composition
1990
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., A., Bar. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 2 perc. (3 conga, gr.c.) - org. - strings
Duration
25 min
Movements, parts
1. Presto - Moderato
2. Calmo
3. Moderato
4. Con moto
5. Lento
6. Allegretto
7. Adagio
Text
PANNONIUS, Janus
Language
Latin
Premiere information
26 January 1991, Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest; Ágnes Dobszay (S.), Erzsébet Hajdú (A.), Sándor Blazsó (Bar.), Choir of the Pasarét Franciscan Church, Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Howard Williams (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere - Ágnes Dobszay (S.), Erzsébet Hajdú (A.), Sándor Blazsó (Bar.), Choir of the Pasarét Franciscan Church, Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Howard Williams (cond.)