Puer Natus

SKU: HL.50605354

ISBN 9781705180327. UPC: 196288106227.

Bence Kutrik (*1976) studied composition between 2003 and 2010 in San Francisco and at the University of Toronto, and then graduatedfrom the Department of Composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as a student of János Vajda. His ensemble piece Ritual was chosen a Recommended Work at the 2018 International Rostrum of Composers. With his solo piano composition Introverted Confessions, he won first place at the Anton Matasowsky composer competition in 2018. He has won several concert and film music awards abroad andin Hungary, and is a founding member of the STUDIO5 contemporary music group in Hungary. This work for mixed choir sets excerpts of a medieval Christmas hymn, putting great emphasis on the apparent contrast between the infant in the manger and the victorious Savior. The work was commissioned by the municipality of Debrecen.