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

Cantata No. 1


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
I. kantáta
Foreign language / English title
Cantata No. 1
Subtitle
For mixed choir and orchestra
Dedication
to Emil Petrovics
Year of composition
1991

Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (3 esec. - raganella, gr.c., tmb.picc., tam-tam, 3 ptti.sosp., camp., vibr., 3 temple bl., 4 tom-tom) - cimb., pf. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
biblical
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
30 January 2005, ELTE University Hall, Budapest; Budapest Monteverdi Choir, Danubia Symphony Orchestra, Domonkos Héja (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS (Available at the Budapest Music Center´s Library)
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Remarks, other info
Text based on Ecclesiastes (12; 3-9), Hungarian translation by Gáspár Károli