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Elegy - In memoriam Hannah Senesh

Composer
Fekete Gyula
Original / Hungarian title
Elégia - In memoriam Szenes Hanna
Foreign language / English title
Elegy - In memoriam Hannah Senesh
Subtitle
Cantata for soprano and bariton soli, mixed choir and chamber orchestra
Year of composition
1997
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., Bar. soli - mixed choir - fl., fl.a., ob., c.ing. - cor., 2 tr. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
28 min
Movements, parts
1. A voice called
2. Arise
3. L´chah dodi
4. Sh´muh Yisraeli
5. Jerusalm the golden
6. Kaddish
7. I´m waiting to be called
Text
SZENES, Hanna; biblical; Jewish service; CLUNY, Bernard de
Language
English / Hebrew
Commissioned by
The Music Group of Philadelphia and Seán Deibler artistic director
Premiere information
4 May 1997, Philadelphia; The Music Group of Philadelphia

22 October 1998, Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest
Publisher / Source
MS
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD-31914, 2000 - Ildikó Cserna (S.), Ákos Ambrus (Bar.), Budapest Tomkins Vocal Ensemble, Budapest Chamber Symphony, László Tihanyi (cond.)