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

Widow of Zarephath


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A sareptai özvegy
Foreign language / English title
Widow of Zarephath
Subtitle
Little oratorio for 3 vocies, mixed choir and string orchesta (or organ)
Year of composition
1945

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
3 voice - mixed choir - strings (or organ)
Duration
15 min

Text
biblical
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Kálvin Kiadó 2016
Available here!
Recordings
Live video recording, 2016; Ferenc Kiss, János Kézli, Edit Barócsi (voice), Balázs Méhes Dr. (org.), Érsekcsanád Összhang Choir, Sándor Berkesi (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)