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

Radnóti Cantata - On Poems by Miklós Radnóti


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Radnóti Kantáta - Radnóti Miklós verseire
Foreign language / English title
Radnóti Cantata - On Poems by Miklós Radnóti
Year of composition
1974

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., T., B. solo - mixed choir - orchestra
Duration
25 min

Movements, parts
1. Himnusz a békéről / Hymn on Peace
2. Trisztánnal ültem / I Sat with Tristan
3. Keserédes / Bittersweet
4. Meredek út / Steep Road
5. Virágének / Flower Song
6. Nyugtalan órán / In a Restless Hour

Text
RADNÓTI, Miklós
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
10 November 1975, Great Hall, Academy of Music, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton SLPX 12623, 1984 - Margit László (S.), József Horváth (T.), György Melis (B.), Children´s Choir Radnóti, Miklós Székely (choir master), Budapest Choir, Budapest MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Sándor Margittay (cond.)