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

Divine Hell


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
Isteni pokol
Foreign language / English title
Divine Hell
Subtitle
Cantata - For the 700th anniversary of Dante´s death
Dedication
to Kálmán Strausz
Year of composition
2021

Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
voice soli - male choir (T-T-Bar-B) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., cl.b., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (gr.c., wood bl., ptti., tmb.picc.c.c., camp.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
30 min

Movements, parts
One movement

Text
BARANYI, Ferenc
Language
Hungarian
Commissioned by
Kálmán Strausz
Premiere information
7 June 2021, Hangvilla, Veszprém, Hungary; Soloists, Honvéd Male Choir, Szeged Smphony Orchestra, Kálmán Struasz (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
Libretto by Ferenc Baranyi after Dante´s "Inferno - Canto 5" from Divina Commedia