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Sándor Szokolay
1931 - 2013
Hungary
| S. Szokolay |
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
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1964 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Duration: | ca.18' |
| In memory of: | Francis Poulenc |
| Label(s): | Hungaraton SLPX 12442 (LP) |
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).
| Author: | Arye Kendi |
| F. Poulenc (dedicatee) |
Choral requiem
| Period: | Modernism |
| Composed in: | 1992 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | biblical texts and chorales |
| In memory of: | Jenő Weltler |
Choral requiem, opus 125 (1992), for solo voice(s), choir & orchestra, dedicated to Lutherania Choir and Orchestra, Budapest; in memory of Jenő Weltler.
| J. Weltler (dedicatee) |
Pure Flames of the End of October
| Period: | 21st century |
| Composed in: | 2008 |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass plus poems by Gaspar Nagy |
| In memory of: | the martyr heroes of 1956 |
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
Movements:
01. Requiem
02. Kyrie
03. Dies irae
04. Libera me
05. Sanctus
06. Agnus Dei
07. Lux Aeterna
| Contributor: | Arye Kendi |
Gáspár Nagy (04/05/1949 - 04/01/2007) was Hungarian poet and writer.
| Gaspar Nagy (text) |