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Cantata of Esztergom (Psalmus pontis)

Composer
Nógrádi Péter
Original / Hungarian title
Esztergomi kantáta (Psalmus pontis)
Foreign language / English title
Cantata of Esztergom (Psalmus pontis)
Subtitle
For Mixed Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Year of composition
2001
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (vibr., camp., tam-tam, ptti.sosp., trg., gr.c.) - org. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Movements, parts
1. Invocatio
2. Intermezzo
3. Marcia
4. Elegia
5. Laudate Dominum
Text
KÖLCSEY, Ferenc; ILLYÉS, Gyula; TÓTH, Árpád; psalm(s)
Premiere information
22 May 2001, Basilica, Esztergom, Hungary; István Baróti (org.) Balassa Bálint Mixed Choir, Esztergom Symphony Orchestra, Károly Reményi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Remarks, other info
Based on Psalms 117 and 150, and on the poems by Ferenc Kölcsey, Gyula Illyés and Árpád Tóth