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

Cantus Hungaricus


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Cantus Hungaricus
Foreign language / English title
Cantus Hungaricus
Subtitle
Liturgy of Green Forests - Chamber symphony for string orchestra
Year of composition
1998

Type
String orchestra
Instrumentation
strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
31 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro
2. Lento
3. Allegro

Commissioned by
Budapest String Orchestra
Premiere information
1999; Budapest String Orchestra, Béla Bánfalvi (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Chamber Symphonies Grafycolor Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2007
Recordings
Live video recording, 2015 - Budapest String Orchestra (Available on youtube.com)