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

Menschheit / Mankind


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Menschheit
Foreign language / English title
Menschheit / Mankind
Subtitle
Cantata for soprano, double choir and orchestra
Year of composition
2011

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - double choir - orchestra
Duration
15 min

Text
TRAKL, Georg; psalm(s)
Language
German
Premiere information
1 April 2012, Predigerkirche, Zürich, Switzerland; Christine Esser (S.), Zürcher Kantorei zu Predigern, Die Kleine Kantorei, Collegium musicum
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Video recording, 2014 - Eva Šušková (S.), Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina, Oliver Dohnányi (cond.), Jozef Chabroň (choir master)
Remarks, other info
Based on the text by Georg Trakl and Psalm 130