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Title of the work

Lament on Soldiers

Composer
Gyöngyösi Levente
Original / Hungarian title
Katonasirató
Foreign language / English title
Lament on Soldiers
Subtitle
Cantata for Soprano Solo, Male Choir and Orchestra
Dedication
Kálmán Strausz and the Hungarian Army Ensemble
Year of composition
2015
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S. solo - male choir - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (xil., trg, 5 ptti.sosp., Tamb, 3 ptto. china, raganella, 3 tom-tom, tam-tam, gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Kálmán Strausz and the Hungarian Army Ensemble
Premiere information
18 November 2015, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest; Edina Kersák (S.), Male Choir of the Hungarian Army Ensemble, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Kámán Strausz (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. © 2014
Available here!
Recordings
Recording of the premiere 2015 - Edina Kersák (S.), Male Choir of the Hungarian Army Ensemble, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Kámán Strausz (cond.) (Available at www.gyongyosilevente.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on Mordvinian and Zyrian folk texts

hungarian translations by Zsuzsa Rab