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Sándor Szokolay
1931 - 2013
Hungary
Sándor Szokolay (30/03/1931 - 08/12/2013), a Hungarian composer (born in Kunágota (Komitat Békés) and since 1966 teacher at Liszt-Musikhochschule (prosodie and composition). He has been awarded for his composition several times: 1955 Warschau, 1957 Moskau, 1959 Wien, 1967 Paris, 1960 and 1965 Ferenc Erkel-Preis, and for his opera Vérnász the "Kossuth-Preis" in 1966. Influences: Arthur Honegger, Béla Bártok, Igor Strawinsky and the "Wiener Schule".
Deploration/Concerto da requiem in memoriam F.Poulenc
A requiem for soprano, mezzo and baritone soloists, accompanied by choir, organ and a small orchestra. The text is the traditional Latin, but only fragmentarily. It lasts just over 18 minutes. Written in memory of the French composer Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963).
Choral requiem
Choral requiem, opus 125 (1992), for solo voice(s), choir & orchestra, dedicated to Lutherania Choir and Orchestra, Budapest; in memory of Jenő Weltler.
Pure Flames of the End of October
Pure Flames of the End of October. Oratoric remembrance of the martyr heroes of 1956. The work is for orchestra, choir and childrens' choir. No soloists. Written in memory of the Hungarian uprising against the communist regime and the Russian occupation was in October 1956. First performance by Zoltan Kocsis (director of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, who conducted the concert). Text: Latin Mass plus poems by Gaspar Nagy.
Movements: 01. Requiem 02. Kyrie 03. Dies irae 04. Libera me 05. Sanctus 06. Agnus Dei 07. Lux Aeterna
Gáspár Nagy (04/05/1949 - 04/01/2007) was Hungarian poet and writer.
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