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Pro Libertate

Composer
Lendvay Kamilló
Original / Hungarian title
Pro Libertate
Foreign language / English title
Pro Libertate
Subtitle
Cantata for tenor and bariton solo, male choir and orchestra
Dedication
To György Görgei and the ensemble of the premiere
Year of composition
1975
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
T., Bar. solo - male choir (T-Bar-B) - 2 fl. (II anche picc.), 2 ob. (II anche c.ing.), 2 cl. (II anche cl.b.), 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (3 bongo, 4 tom-tom, gr.c., camp., marimba) - arpa - strings: 12 vl. 1, 10 vl. 2, 8 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
19 min
Movements, parts
1. Invocazione / Fohász / Prayer
2. Psalmus / Zsoltár / Psalm
3. Lamento I. / Kesergő I. / Plaintive I.
4. Interludium I. / Közjáték I. / Interlude I.
5. Profezia / Jóslat / Prophecy
6. Lamento II. / Kesergő II. / Plaintive II.
7. Agitato
8. Interludium II. / Közjáték II. / Interlude II.
9. Visione / Látomás / Vision
10. Fuga a due sogetti / Kettősfuga / Double-Fugue
11. Postludium / Utójáték / Postlude
Text
KŐHÁTI, Zsolt
Language
Hungarian / English
Commissioned by
Ensemble of the Hungarian Army
Premiere information
15 January 1976, Grand Hall, Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest; Ferenc Szőnyi (T.), Sándor Sólyom-Nagy (Bar.), Symphony Orchestra and Male Choir of the Hungarian Army´s Ensemble, György Görgei (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Editio Musica Budapest (rental)
Recordings
Hungarian Radio
Remarks, other info
Text - based on letters and documentations from the period of the Hungarian War of Independence - by Zsolt Kőháti

English translation by Gábor Somogyi-Tóth