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Omaggio a Passoa - Cantata

Composer
Farkas Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Omaggio a Passoa - Kantáta
Foreign language / English title
Omaggio a Passoa - Cantata
Subtitle
Tenor solo, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1985
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
T. solo - mixed choir - 3 fl. (III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. - arpa - strings
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
1. As ilhas afortunadas / A boldogok földje
2. Ja sobre a fronte / Már ősz a hajdan
3. Abdicaçao / Lemondàs
4. Viajar! / Visz az út!
5. Nao é ainda / Nincs végleg itt
6. Tao cedo passa / Oly hamar múlik
7. E talvez / Ki tudja
8. Cada um cumpre / Azt az életet
Text
PESSOA, Fernando
Language
Portuguese / Hungarian
Commissioned by
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest F-37 (score & performance material)
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31978, 2000 - Sándor Palcsó (T.), Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, András Ligeti (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Fernando Pessoa

Hungarian translation by Ernő Hárs

See also:
Omaggio a Pessoa - For Voice and Piano