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Title of the work

Armenian Legend - Dance Cantata

Composer

Melis László

Original / Hungarian title

Örmény legenda - Tánckantáta

Foreign language / English title

Armenian Legend - Dance Cantata

Year of composition

2001

Type

Solo voice(s) with ensemble

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Instrumentation

voice solo - fl., ob., cl. (anche cl.b.), fg. - pf. - perc. (2 esec.) - strings: vl., vla., vlc., cb.,

Duration

61 min

Movements, parts

1. The Bells of Khor Virap
2. Promenade
3. Pagan Sacrificai Dance at the Statue of the Goddess Anahit
4. The Appearance of St. Gregory with the Virgins
5. The Dispersal of the Virgins
6. The Seduction of King Tiridates and the Murder of Hripsime
7. Lament of Hripsime
8. The Stoning to Death
9. The Removal of the Death
10. The Torture of St. Gregory
11. The Imprisonment of St. Gregory
12. The Christian Women Feeds St. Gregory in Secret
13. The Revelry of King Tiridates
14. The Dance of the Swine
15. The Cure of the King Tiridates
16. St. Gregory Leaves the Prison
17. The Retransformation of the Soldiers
18. The Glorification of St. Gregory the Illuminator

Text

AVANESIAN, Alex; MOLDOVÁN, Domokos

Language

Armenian

Premiere information

17 June 2001, Armenian Day, Kiscelli Church, Budapest; Dancers of the Hungarian Folk Ensemble, Gábor Mihály (choreographer), Anna Mailyan (voice), Zoltán Gyöngyössy (fl.), Fruzsina Káli Fonyódi (ob.), Csaba Klenyán (cl., cl.b.), György Lakatos (fg.), Szilvia Szigeti (vl.), Márta Melis (vla.), György Déri (vlc.), Péter Boldoghy Kumert (cb.), Zoltán Lengyel (pf.), Boglárka Fábry (perc.), Tamás Schlanger (perc.), László Melis (cond.)

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BMC CD 062, 2001 - Anna Mailyan (voice), Zoltán Gyöngyössy (fl.), Fruzsina Káli Fonyódi (ob.), Csaba Klenyán (cl., cl.b.), György Lakatos (fg.), Szilvia Szigeti (vl.), Márta Melis (vla.), György Déri (vlc.), Péter Boldoghy Kumert (cb.), Zoltán Lengyel (pf.), Boglárka Fábry (perc.), Tamás Schlanger (perc.), László Melis (cond.)

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