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Prometheus - Cantata

Composer
Faragó Béla
Original / Hungarian title
Prométheusz
Foreign language / English title
Prometheus - Cantata
Subtitle
Cantata for narrator, mixed choir, percussions and CD
Dedication
to the memory of Erzsébet Gaál
Year of composition
2000
Type
Choir and solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
narrator - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - perc. - synth. (ossia CD)
Duration
25 min
Movements, parts
I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII - IX - X
Text
AESCHYLUS; MATUZ, János
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
31 May 2000, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; József Gyabronka (narrator), Musica Nostra Vocal Ensemble, Béla Faragó (synth.), Zsuzsanna Mindszenty (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 2001 - József Gyabronka (narrator), Musica Nostra Vocal Ensemble, Béla Faragó (synth.), Zsuzsanna Mindszenty (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the texts by Aeschylos and János Matuz

Tape realized at the Electroacoustic Music Studio of the Hungarian Radio (HEAR Studio) with István Horváth (sound engineer)