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

Peace


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Béke
Foreign language / English title
Peace
Subtitle
For mixed choir a capella
Year of composition
2013

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed chor (S-A-T-B)
Duration
6 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
JUHÁSZ, Gyula
Language
Hungarian / English
Commissioned by
European Concert Hall Organisation "ECHO" for the 100th Anniversary of the outbreak World War I.
Premiere information
9 November 2014, Cité de la Musique, Paris
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. © 2016, K-0288
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Recordings
Live recording, 2014 (Available at www.matebella.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem by Gyula Juhász

English translation by Krisztina Izabella Tulics

Performance venues 2014/2015:
Barbican Centre London, BOZAR Brussels, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Casa da Música Porto, Cité de la musique Paris, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Kölner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Dortmund, Laesizhalle Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, L’Auditori Barcelona, Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall, Musikverein Wien, Palace of Arts – Budapest, Palau de la Música Catalana, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Stockholms Konserthus, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées Paris, The Sage Gateshead, Town Hall & Symphony Hall Birmingham, Wiener Konzerthaus