In his choral works, Ferenc Farkas often re-formulated earlier musical styles, such as Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic sacred music, in unusual and individual combinations.
Composition History
The Missa secunda in honorem Sanctae Margaritae, dedicated to Ferenc Farkas's wife Margit, was deliberately written in a diatonic style to be easily sung by amateur church choirs.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ferenc Farkas was a connoisseur of two thousand years of literature, setting texts by about 180 different writers and poets in sixteen languages throughout his career.
Performer Biography
Ascolta, the choir on this recording, is making its recording debut and focuses on reviving rare and neglected music from the late 19th and 20th centuries, alongside contemporary and lighter music.
Composer Biography
Ferenc Farkas, a Hungarian composer and professor at the Budapest Academy of Music, composed around a thousand works across almost every genre and style.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Farkas felt closest to his vocal works because they allowed him to share his inspiration from favorite writers and poets using the human voice, which he considered the most beautiful instrument.
Composition History
The Christmas Cantata, Kőröshegyi Betlehemes játék, was commissioned for the opening of a newly restored church in Kőröshegy in 1970, drawing on music from two of Ferenc Farkas's earlier Christmas works.
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