Máté Balogh
Arctic Dawn
Ritualistic rondo for mixed choir and claves ad libitum
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Máté Balogh
Arctic Dawn
Ritualistic rondo for mixed choir and claves ad libitum
- Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB)
- Optional Instrumentation Mixed Choir (SATB) and Percussion
- Composer Máté Balogh
- Edition Choral Score
- Publisher Editio Musica Budapest
- Order no. EMB15306
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Description:
The three-minute composition is described by the composer as a ''ritual rondo''. The Inuit folk text, collected by Franz Boas (1858-1942), appears in the work as a musical layer, creating a kind of communal, ritualistic experience, as if the sounds of an ancient ceremony were being brought to life. This aligns with the nature-oriented, communal, and spiritual worldview of Inuit traditions, in which music and ritual are closely intertwined. Arctic Dawn is thus not merely an atmospheric piece, but also a cultural reflection: alongside the image of the Arctic dawn, it conveys the musical imprint of a distant, ancient world through the means of contemporary choral writing.