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.

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Title of the work

Magnificat

Composer

Szentpáli Roland

Original / Hungarian title

Magnificat

Foreign language / English title

Magnificat

Subtitle

For soprano and tenor soli, mixed choir, symphony orchestra and jazz quartet

Year of composition

2003

Type

Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra

Instrumentation

S., T. solo - rapper - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (III anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb. - jazz quartet: sax.a. (anche sax.s.), chit.e., pf. - perc. (1 esec. - marimba, drum-set)

Duration

25 min

Movements, parts

1. Magnificat
2. Quia respexit
3. Fecit Potentiam
4. Sicut Erat

Text

liturgical

Language

Latin

Commissioned by

Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budafok and Gábor Hollerung

Premiere information

11 July 2004, 3rd Choir Olympics Bremen, Germany; Boldizsár László (T.), Bálint Rabi (rapper), Sándor Zsemlye (sax.), Budapest Academic Choral Society, Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.) (Mov. III - Fecit Potentiam only)

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Video recording (Live at Müpa Budapest), 2015 - Rita Rácz ((S.), Boldizsár László (T.), International Festival Choir, Áron Romhányi (pf., rap), Sándor Zemlye (sax.), Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra Budafok, Gábor Hollerung (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)

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1 1. Magnificat