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

Christmas Cantata


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Karácsonyi kantáta
Foreign language / English title
Christmas Cantata
Subtitle
For children´s choir and orchestra
Year of composition
2016

Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
children´s choir (S-Ms-A) - fl., ob., cl., fg. - cor. - perc. (2 esec.: tmb.picc.c.c., trg., gr.c., tambourine, camp., campli. - arpa - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
12 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Con moto
3. Vivace
4. Andante
5. Allegretto
6. Andante
7. Vivo

Text
MECHLER, Anna; Folk text(s)
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Kontrapunkt Music Ltd. © 2016, K-0324
Available here!
Recordings
2017 - Hungarian Radio Children´s Choir, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, János Kovács (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Text after Hungarian folk texts written by Anna Mechler