Nógrádi Péter

May 30, 1952

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Péter Nógrádi was born in Budapest in 1952. Early on he studied music theory with György Geszler and, following an initial detour from music to graduate from the Ybl Miklós College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, he returned to his musical studies to pursue composition with Pál Károlyi and István Fekete Győr. He received his MA in 1984 from the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under the tutelage of József Soproni. His Hungarian Requiem won the 1st Prize in 2006 at the competition commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revo lution. His major commissions include, among others, his Esztergom Cantata commissioned by the town of Esztergom for the inauguration of the Maria Valeria Bridge, and his work, Seasons, written for the Hungarian Radio. He has taught piano and music history at the Béla Bartók Music School in Vác and at the Music School in Törökbálint. He is now retired and resides in Budaörs. He is a member of the Hungarian Composers’ Union and, since 2007, has been a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. In 2008, he received the Erkel Prize award for outstanding composers and musicians. N

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OPERAS Isten a szekéren/God on the Wagon – Chamber Opera (1990–2014) Lib: Ferenc Sánta CANTATAS, ORATORIC WORKS Kantáta/Cantata (2000), equal chr., pno., perc. Lib: Attila Gérecz Pub: Solo Music SR: HCD 32628 Esztergomi kantáta/Esztergom Cantata (2001), SATB, org., symph. orch. Lib: Ferenc Kölcsey, Psalms by Albert Szenczi Molnár Magyar requiem/Hungarian Requiem (2006), MS, T, SATB, symph. orch. Lib: György Gömöri, István Sinka, István Vas, András Fodor, Milán Füst, Gáspár Nagy SR: HCD 32628 ORCHESTRAL WORKS Metamorfózisok/Metamorphoses (1984), symph. orch. Via crucis (1987), symph. orch. CHAMBER WORKS Divertimento (1982–2003), cl., vl., hn. Pub: Akkord SR: SLPX 12945 Metamorfózisok/Metamorphoses (1983), str. ens. Rapsodia vonósokra/Rhapsody for Strings (1986) SR: SLPX 31144 Évszakok/The Seasons (1987), chbr. ens. Pub: Edition Simonffy Elegia/Elegy (1987–2006), wind quintet Pub: Akkord SR: HCD 32628 Négy prelűd/Four Preludes (1989), pno., perc. Négy prelűd/Four Preludes (1989), perc. ens. Pub: Akkord Három impromptu/Three Impromptus (1993), fl., cl., pno. Fuvoladalok/Flute Songs (1994), 2 fl. Tücsökzene/Cricket Music (1997), chbr. ens. A Bárány menyegzője/The Wedding of the Lamb (In memoriam Zs. Durkó.) (1997), chbr., ens. SR: HCD 32628 Ouverture (2001), pno. 4 hands String Quartet (2002–2003) Pub: Akkord Mint zengő érc vagy pengő cimbalom/As Sounding Brass, or a Tinkling Cymbal (2007), hn., cimb. SR: HCD 32601 Canzonetta for Chamber Orchestra (2008), vl., pno., vibr., wind quintet Psalmus (2010), bs., pno. Pub: Akkord Arabeszk/Arabesque (2011), vl., pno. Pub: Akkord Antiphona, in memoriam Zoltán Gyöngyössy (2012), cl., B cl., bs., pno. Pub: Solo Music Három hegedűduó/Three Violin Duos (2013) Partita – Four Csontváry Pictures for Strings (2015) Sonata da camera (2015), cl., vla., pno. Pub: Solo Music Nyári hajnal/Summer Dawn (2017–2018), fl., str. Pinocchio – mesejáték / Pinocchio – Musical Tale (2018), ens. Egmont búcsúja/Egmont’s Farewell (2020), str. quintet CHORAL WORKS Betlehemi királyok/The Kings of Bethlehem (1980), female chr., fl., vl., pno. Lib: Attila József A tó/The Lake (1984), 12-part vocal-ens. Lib: Zsuzsa Beney Tengertánc/Sea Dance (1986), children’s chr. Lib: Sándor Weöres In principio (1987), SATB Mialatt mély csönd/While Deep Silence (1987), SATB, org. Tenebrae factae sunt (1987), SATB De profundis – Psalm 129 (1988), SATB Introitus (1988), 6-part SATB Lib: János Pilinszky Agonia Christiana (1990), SATB Lib: János Pilinszky Betlehem, Betlehem (1994), female chr./SATB Pub: KÓTA, Kontrapunkt SR: HCD 31840 Mint a szép hűvös patakra/Like a Nice Cool Stream (Psalm 42) (1994), children’s chr., 2 rec. Boldogasszony anyánk/Our Lady Mother (1994), children’s chr., 2 rec. Táncdal/Pop Song (Dance-Song) (1994), equale chr., pno. Pub: KÓTA Feljött már a hajnalcsillag/Risen has the Star of Morning (1995), children’s chr., pno./SATB Lib: Hungarian Folk Text Pub: KÓTA Akik megtalálnak/People Finding Us (1995), SATB Lib: Sándor Weöres Vásári népballada/Market Folk Ballad (1995), SATB Lib: Sándor Weöres Pub: Kontrapunkt SR: HASF 1004 Magyar zsoltár/Hungarian Psalm (1995), SATB Lib: Jenő Dsida Egy kis kertet/A Little Garden (1995), children’s chr. Lib: Károly Tamkó Sirató Az Úr angyala/The Lord’s Angel (1996), equale chr./SATB Lib: Hungarian Folk Text Pub: UMP EMB SR: HCD 31840 Az Úristent magasztalom/I Praise the Lord (1996), SATB Pub: UMP EMP Kyrie (1996), 6-part SATB Pub: UMP EMB Ballada/Ballade (1996), SATB Lib: Csángó Folk Text Pub: Kontrapunkt Az ég és a föld/The Heaven and the Earth (1996), 6-part SATB Az ILLÉS együttes/The ILLÉS Ensemble – Adaptation of 11 Songs by the ILLÉS Ensemble for a Six-Part Choir (1997) Lib: Levente Szörényi, Lajos Illés SR: Zikkurat, ZC 005 Cecília-himnusz/Hymn of Cecilia (1997–2003), SATB Missa brevis (1998), equale chr. Hej, víg juhászok/Hey, Merry Shepherds (1998), children’s chr., pno. Blues, Rumba (2001), SATB Lib: Sándor Weöres Pub: KÓTA Mondókák/Rhymes (1999–2001), equal chr. Lib: Composer Pub: UMP EMB Messa da camera (2002), SATB, fl., cl., perc., pno. SR: HCD 32628 Motetta/Motet (2002), SATB, pno. Lib: Mihály Babits Magyarország az én hazám/Hungary is My Homeland (2002), SATB Pub: UMP EMB Pásztorok, pásztorok/Shepherds, Shepherds (2003), SATB, pno. Pub: KÓTA Októberi ima/October Prayer (2005), SATB Lib: Gáspár Nagy, János Pilinszky, István Fekete Pub: UMP EMB Tündöklik már szerte egész világ/It’s Already Shining All Over the World (2005), SATB Lib: Endre Ady Ó, Mária szent szíve/O, Mary’s Holy Heart (2005), SATB Haláltánc/Dance of Death (2006), SATB, pno. Suscipe (2008), SATB Lib: Ignatio de Loyola Pub: UMP EMB Sanctus (2008), SATB, org. Cantica (2010), SATB Lib: after Dante’s Divina commoedia Korálfantázia/Chorale Fantasy (2014), SATB, org. Pub: Martin Luther Psalm 136 (2015), SATB Pub: Solo Music Őszi rigódal/Autumn Song of a Thrush (2015), SATB Lib: Lajos Áprily Pub: Kontrapunkt Betlehem, Betlehem (2015), 6-part equal chr. Pub: Kontrapunkt Ave Maria (2015), SATB Psalm 34 (from the oratorio “Autumn Psalms”) (2016), SATB, pno. Pub: Solo Music Őszi zsoltárok/Autumn Psalms (2016), MS, T, SATB, symph. orch. Tristia (2016), SATB Lib: Shakespeare (transl. by Lőrinc Szabó) Pub: Kontrapunkt Madrigál/Madrigal (2017), SATB Lib: János Arany Málló rögök/Crumbling Clods (2018), male chr., pno. Lib: Tibor Tollas Zsoltárkollázs/Collage of Psalms from the Opera “God on the Wagon” (2018), SATB, pno. Keressük meg a kecskét/Let’s Seek the Goat (2018), children’s chr., pno. Auf dem Gebirge/On the Mountains (2017), SATB Lib: Biblical Három tücsök összejött/Three Crickets have Come Together (2017), female chr./SATB Lib: Bulgarian Folk Texts (transl. by László Nagy) Hymnus eucharisticus (2017), SATB, org. Lib: Anna Mechler Kilenc szép menyecskék/Nine Nice Pretty Young Wives (2018), 6-part vocal ens. Lib: Bulgarian Folk Text (transl. by László Nagy) Pordal/Powder Song (2018), male chr. Lib: Ferenc Skobrák Háromság/Trinity (2019), female chr. Lib: Composer Csokonai (2019), SATB Lib: Sándor Petőfi Petőfi lázbeszéde/Fever Talk of Petőfi (2020), SATB Lib: Sándor Petőfi Magnificat (2020), SATB, org. VOCAL WORKS Mielőtt/Before (1978), S, pno. Lib: János Pilinszky Tengertánc/Sea Dance (1986), S, pno. Lib: Sándor Weöres Szép violácska/Nice Gillyflower (1988), S, pno. Mondókák/Rhymes (1999–2001), MS, vl., cl. trio Lib: Composer Bordal/Drinking Song (1999), T, pno. Lib: Sándor Petőfi, Folk Texts Fohász/Prayer (2005), voice, guitar, cl., bs. Lib: Unknown Poet Három Pilinszky dal/Three Songs on Poems by János Pilinszky (2009), A, vla., pno. Pub: Solo Music Változatok egy szlovák népdalra/Variations on a Slovakian Folk Song (2015), MS, pno. Érintések/Touches (2015), MS, pno./str. orch. Lib: Laura Iancu Madrigál/Madrigal (2017), S, pno. Lib: János Arany Boroveci táncok/Borovec Dances (2020), MS, tárogató, str. sextet Lib: Bulgarian Folk Texts (transl. by László Nagy) Két dal/Two Songs (2019–2020), T, pno. Lib: Endre Ady Szappanbuborék/Soap Bubble (2020), A, pno. Lib: Erika Bartos Mikor itt vagy/When You are Here (2020), Bar, pno. Lib: Géza Gárdonyi SOLO WORKS Tenebrae factae sunt (1988), org. Fuvallat/Breeze (1988), fl. Feljött már a hajnalcsillag/Risen Has the Star of Morning (1995), pno. Pub: Notina Scriptum SR: Banchieri 85 009 Fantasia (1992, rev 1999), org. Hej, víg juhászok/Hey, Merry Shepherds (1998), pno. Pub: Notina Scriptum Üdvözlégy, ó Jézuska/Welcome, O, Little Jesus! (1998), pno. Pub: Notina Scriptum Fülemüle/Nightingale (2020), fl.