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

Image of God - Cantata in Memoriam 1956


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Istenkép - Kantáta 1956 emlékére
Foreign language / English title
Image of God - Cantata in Memoriam 1956
Year of composition
2006

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., B. solo - choir - 2 fl. (anche fl.a and picc.), 2 ob. (anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (anche cl.b.), 2 fg. (anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - arpa - timp., perc. (vibr., campli., trg., gr.c., tam-tam, ptti., ptto.sosp.) - strings: v. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min

Movements, parts
1. Prófécia / Prophecy
2. A pesti srácok / The Guys from Pest
3. Ima az elesettekért / Prayer for the Fallen
4. Kádár János dala / János Kádár´s Song
5. Istenkép / Image of God

Text
SZŐCS, Géza
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Gábor Hollerung
Premiere information
23 October 2006, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Gabriella Fodor (S.), Géza Gábor (B.), Honvéd Male Choir, Angelica Maiden Choir, Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Adrienn Miksch (S.), Géza Gábor (B.), Honvéd Male Choir, Angelica Maiden Choir, Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.) (Available at www.gyongyosilevente.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Géza Szőcs