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

North, Op. 70


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Észak, Op. 70
Foreign language / English title
North, Op. 70
Subtitle
Chamber Cantata for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
Year of composition
1981

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
T. - mixed choir - chamber orchestra
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
1. Kéklő este / Bluish night
2. Hívás / Call
3. Éj van / It is night

Text
HARMAJA, Saima; Folk song(s)
Premiere information
18 September 1982, Hungarian Radio, Budapest; Attila Fülöp (T.), Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungarian Radio, 1982 - Attila Fülöp (T.), Choir of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, Members fo the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD-32263, 2005 - Attila Fülöp (T.), Choir of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, Members fo the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Ádám Medveczky (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on a poem by Saima Harmaja and a Lapp folk song

Hungarian translation by Zoltán Horusitzky