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

little requiem


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
kis rekviem
Foreign language / English title
little requiem
Subtitle
For male choir and string orchestra
Year of composition
2023

Type
Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra
Instrumentation
male choir - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min

Movements, parts
1. Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. Lacrimosa
4. Dona nobis

Text
PILINSZKY, János; PETŐFI, Sándor; liturgical
Language
Hungarian / Latin
Commissioned by
Ars Sacra Festival
Premiere information
24 September 2023, Szent Angyalok Temploma, Gazdagrét, Budapest; Saint Ephraim Male Choir, Budapest Strings (Premeire of the revised version)
Publisher / Source
Remarks, other info
The work includes texts by Sándor Petőfi and János Pilinszky, as well as fragments from the Latin requiem text.

Revised version of little requiem - For male choir and four strings.