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Christmas Oratorio

Composer
Gyöngyösi Levente
Original / Hungarian title
Karácsonyi oratórium
Foreign language / English title
Christmas Oratorio
Subtitle
Tempore nativitatis Christi secundum evangelistam Ioannem et Lucam per soli, coro ed orchestra d´archi / After evangelists St. John and St. Luke for soloists, choir and string orchestra
Dedication
to László Kovács and to the ELTE University Concert Orchestra and ELTE Béla Bartók Choir
Year of composition
2013
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
4 T., 2 S., 2 Bar., 2 B. - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
44 min
Movements, parts
Parte prima
1. Coro "In principio erat Verbum"
2. Recitativo (Evangelista) "Fuit homo missus a Deo”
3. Coro "Erat lux vera"
4. Recitativo (Evangelista) "In propria venit"
5. Aria (Soprano) "His, qui credunt in nomine eius"
6. Solo con Coro (Soprano) "Et Verbum caro factum est"

Parte seconda
7. Preludio
8. Recitativo (Evangelista) "Factum est autem, in diebus illis"
9. Aria (Tenore) "Et ascendit sicut virgultum coram eo"
10. Recitativo (Evangelista) "Et pastores erant in regione eadem"
11. Aria (Angelus) "Nolite timere
12. Recitativo con Coro (Evangelista) "Et subito facta est cum angelo / Gloria in excelsis Deo"
13. Recitativo e Terzetto (Evangelista, 3 Pastores) "Et factum est ut discesserunt ab eis / Pueri surgite"
14. Settetto (Maria, 3 Pastores, Melchior, Caspar, Balthasar) "Dormi, mea gratia"
15. Coro "Puer natus in Bethlehem"
Text
Kájoni Songbook; JÓZSEF, Attila; Folk song(s)
Language
Latin
Premiere information
15 December 2013, Hall, ELTE University Law Department, Budapest; László Kálmán (T.), Ildikó Szakács (S.), ELTE Béla Bartók Choir, ELTE University Concert Orchestra, László Kovács (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music 2013, K-0151 (On rental)
Avaliable here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere 2013 - László Kálmán (T.), Ildikó Szakács (S.), ELTE Béla Bartók Choir, ELTE University Concert Orchestra, László Kovács (cond.) (Available at youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 2012 - 2013

English and Latin translations by Bence Fehér