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


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Kantáta
Foreign language / English title
Cantata
Subtitle
Based on texts by Géza Gárdonyi - For double mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
2013

Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-A-A-T-T-B-B) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. (II anche cfg.) - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (xil.) - arpa. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
17 min

Text
GÁRDONYI, Géza
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
23 December 2013, Great Hall, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest; Hungarian Radio Orchestra and Choir, Gergely Vajda (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live recording of the premiere, 2013 (Available on youtube.com)