Requiem for Jan Palach, Opus 182

Name: Requiem for Jan Palach, Opus 182
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A Requiem to commemorate the protest-suicide of the Czech student, Jan Palach, who immolated himself in Prague in 1969 following the Soviet invasion of 1968. An alternative Requiem, concerned with ethics and using texts from the Prague of 1968 in addition to some Latin. Not in any way liturgical! A commission from the Czech Embassy in Luxembourg.

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Publication Date: Sep 30, 2011
Language: English
Category: Art & Photography
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Dafydd Bullock

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Requiem choral Czech Jan Palach contemporary

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About Dafydd Bullock

Dafydd Bullock was born in 1953 in Llanberis, Gwynedd, Cymru (Wales). A composer, conductor, arranger and teacher, he graduated in Music (University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music, 1971 - 1976, with Maestro George Hadjinikos) and took a Master’s Degree in International Relations (University of Sussex, 1981 - 1983). In 1993 and 1994 he won first prizes at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, and in 1995 he was honoured in Wales by admission to the highest Order of the Gorsedd of Bards. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2005. His compositions include 29 symphonies, 18 symphonic poems, 2 operas, 2 Requiems, 2 Mass settings, a Missa Brevis, an oratorio, 31 string quartets and other chamber music and many songs and pieces for piano. He has written scores for 2 films. Works have been published in the British Isles, Belgium and Luxembourg.His music has been performed, broadcast and listened to in many countries worldwide. www.bullockmusic.info

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