György Orbán
About the composer
György Orbán was born in 1947 in Romania though his parents were Hungarian. In 1979 he moved to Hungary, where he still lives, working as a music editor for Editio Music, and teaching at the Ferenc Liszt Academy for Music in Budapest. He wrote two Stabat Mater compositions for mixed choir a cappella—one in A major, composed in 1987, and the other in F major, composed in 1995. Both are described here.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1995 |
| Performers: | Mixed choir |
| Length: | 8 minutes |
| Particulars: | The Stabat Mater in F has no clear division in parts. Indeed, often different stanzas are sung simultaneously. The music is modern, with singing variations like "murmuring". |
| Textual variations: | The "Vatican"-version of the text is used without any changes. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | Private registration of a concert performance |
| More info: | Private registration of a concert performance, which Daniel Tilley was so kind as to send to me. Recorded in Arlington, USA, 2001. |
| Choir: | The Senior Mixed Choir of the 2001 Georgia All State Choirs |
| Conductor: | Jing Ling-Tam |
| Code: | 2002 ORB 01 |
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About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1987 |
| Performers: | Mixed choir a capella |
| Length: | 11.47 minutes |
| Particulars: | Orbáns Stabat Mater is based on the melodic material of a 17th century Stabat Mater score, part of a handwritten collection of the Romanian monk Johannes Caioni (1629 – 1687) with secular and sacred music in Transylvania around 1650. Orbán converts the mediaeval verses into a contemporary music language in an impressive way: unisonously recited, then as counterpoint in two voices, ending in a cluster of crucifixion shouts. |
| Textual variations: | The "Analecta"-version of the text has been used without any changes. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | Requiem, Geistliche Chormusik VKJK1232 |
| More info: | Title: Requiem, Geistliche Chormusik (sacred choral music). |
| Choir: | Dresden Motet Choir at Heinrich-Schutz-Conservatory Dresden |
| Conductor: | Matthias Jung |
| Other works: | Zdeněk Lukáš: Requiem for four-part mixed choir a cappella. |
| Code: | ORB-StM 02-01 |
