Cantata Profana
| Cantata Profana | |
|---|---|
| A kilenc csodaszarvas | |
| Cantata by Béla Bartók | |
The composer and librettist in 1927 | |
| English | Secular Cantata: The Nine Enchanted Stags |
| Catalogue | Sz 94 |
| Text | Bartók |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Based on | Two Romanian colinde |
| Composed | 1930 |
| Duration | About 19 minutes |
| Movements | Three |
| Scoring | |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 25 May 1934 |
| Location | London |
| Conductor | Aylmer Buesst |
| Performers | BBC Symphony Orchestra and Wireless Chorus |
Cantata Profana (subtitled A kilenc csodaszarvas [The Nine Enchanted Stags], Sz. 94) is a work for tenor, baritone, double mixed chorus and orchestra by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Completed on 8 September 1930, it was premiered in London (in an English translation by M. D. Calvocoressi) on 25 May 1934 by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Wireless Chorus, conducted by Aylmer Buesst; tenor Trefor Jones and baritone Frank Phillips were the featured soloists.