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

The Mountains


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
A hegyek
Foreign language / English title
The Mountains
Subtitle
Choir-cycle for mixed choir
Year of composition
1957

Type
Mixed choir
Instrumentation
mixed choir (S-A-T-B)
Duration
16 min

Movements, parts
1. Téli reggel / Winter Morning
2. Tavaszodik / Spring Is Near
3. A hegyek / The Mountains
4. Az Ünőkő
5. Vizek ha találkoznak / When Waters Meet

Text
ÁPRILY, Lajos; REMÉNYIK, Sándor
Language
Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest © 1969, Z. 5498
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton Classic HCD-31350, 1995 - Monteverdi Chamber Choir, Éva Kollár (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Based on poems by Lajos Áprily and Sándor Reményik