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Requiem - Oratorio

Composer
Szervánszky Endre
Original / Hungarian title
Requiem - Oratórium
Foreign language / English title
Requiem - Oratorio
Subtitle
Dark Heaven
Year of composition
1963
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-Ms-A-T-B) - 3 fl., 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 3 fg. - 3 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 2 arpa, cel. - timp., perc. (trg., cast., tmb.b., tmb.picc., tmb.mlt., ptti., ptto.sosp., gr.c., tam-tam, xyl.) - strings: 12 cl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 9 vla., 9 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
38 min
Movements, parts
1. Andante sostenuto
2. Andante con moto ed agitato
3. Andante sostenuto
4. Adagio sostenuto
5. Allegro molto
6. Allegro ma non troppo, quasi allegretto
7. Allegro
8. Allegro ma non troppo
9. Adagio, molto sostenuto
Text
PILINSZKY, János
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
1963, Radio Broadcast, Hungarian Radio, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Composed on the Poem "Defeat Me, Night..." by János Pilinszky