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Words of Beginning

Composer
Karosi Bálint
Original / Hungarian title
Words of Beginning
Foreign language / English title
Words of Beginning
Subtitle
Cantata for mixed choir and orchestra with soloists
Dedication
For 175th Anniversary of First Lutheran Church of Boston
Year of composition
2013
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., B. - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob. - 2 tr. - timp. (1 esec.) - strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
1. Words of Beginning
2. Aria: He followed the star
3. Arioso: "He Prayed" - Interlude
4. Chorale: Nun Danket
Text
HOFFMANN KRULL, Kai
Language
English
Premiere information
14 November 2013, Morse Recital Hall, Yale School of Music, Boston; Heewon Uhm, Edouard Maetzener (vl.), David Mason (vla.), Jia Cao (vlc.) Noah Cotler (cb.), Isabel Lepanto Gleicher, Jonathan Slade (fl.), Kemp Jernigan, Sol Jee Park (ob.), Timothy Will, Patrick Durbin (tr.), Jonathan Allen (timp.), Jamilyn Manning-White (S. solo), Brian Vu (B. solo), Cheryl Rider, Lucy Bergin, Audrey Fernandez-Fraser, Sarah Rodewald, Jamilah George, Tracy Elizabeth Cowart (S.), Karin Denison, Joyce Shek, Emefa Agawu, Susan Yantis (A.), David Evans, Cameron Rasmussen Saunder Choi (T.), Paul Edmon, Michael McMillan, Andrew Ross, Paul Holmes (B.), Bálint Karosi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
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Remarks, other info
Based on an original text by Kai Hoffmann Krull