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

Pert Em Heru – Coming Forth By Day


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Pert Em Heru – Kilépés a fénybe
Foreign language / English title
Pert Em Heru – Coming Forth By Day
Subtitle
Oratorio, based on the funeral texts of the ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead”
Year of composition
2014

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., Ms. B., T. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - orchestra
Text
ancient Egyptian texts
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
26th International Béla Bartók Choir Competition
Premiere information
31 July 2014, 26th International Béla Bartók Choir Competition, Kölcsey Center, Debrecen, Hungary; Ildikó Cserna (S.), Marianna Bódi (Ms.), Géza Gábor (B.), Zoltán Megyesi (T.), Kodály Choir Debrecen, Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra Debrecen, Máté Szabó Sipos (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Recording of the premiere, 2014 - Ildikó Cserna (S.), Marianna Bódi (Ms.), Géza Gábor (B.), Zoltán Megyesi (T.), Kodály Choir Debrecen, Kodály Philharmonic Orchestra Debrecen, Máté Szabó Sipos (cond.)