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Christmas Song - Choral Cantata

Composer
Laczó Zoltán Vince
Original / Hungarian title
Karácsonyi ének - Kóruskantáta
Foreign language / English title
Christmas Song - Choral Cantata
Subtitle
For mixed choir and symphony orchestra
Year of composition
2013
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-S-A-T-B-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (2 esec.) - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
20 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
GÁRDONYI, Géza;
Language
Hungarian
Premiere information
2014; CantuS Corvinus Vocal Ensemble, Levente Márton Horváth (org.), László Préda (tr.), Géza Klembala (cond.)
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Live recording, 2014 - CantuS Corvinus Vocal Ensemble, Levente Márton Horváth (org.), László Préda (tr.), Géza Klembala (cond.) (Available on www.laczozoltanvince.eoldal.hu)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poem "Christmas Song" and on the play "Christmas Dream" by Géza Gárdonyi as well as on old Hungarian ecclesiastical melodies