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 Universalis


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Cantata Universalis
Foreign language / English title
Cantata Universalis
Subtitle
For mezzo soprano solo, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
2017

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
Ms. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (5 esec.: trg., ptto.sosp., temple bl., tamb., tmb.picc.c.c., gr.c., tam-tam, campli.) - chit. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
21 min

Movements, parts
1. A tél / The Winter
2. A vizsgaidőszak / The exam period
3. A fák< / The trees
4. A kocsma / The pub
5. Tavaszi dal / Spring song

Text
KISS, Judit Ágnes
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
University of Pécs Facultiy of Music for the 50th Anniversary of Musical Migher Education in Pécs
Premiere information
1 December 2017, Liszt Ferenc Concert Hall, Faculty of Music, University of Pécs, Hungary; Francesca Provvisionato (Ms.), University of Pécs Female Choir, University of Pécs Choir, University of Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Balázs Kocsár (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Recordings
Live video recording of the premiere, 2017 - Francesca Provvisionato (Ms.), University of Pécs Female Choir, University of Pécs Choir, University of Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Balázs Kocsár (cond.) (Available on youtube.com)
Remarks, other info
Based on the poems by Judit Ágnes Kiss