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\n \n About work:

Godár’s music brought back the element of tradition as a main focus of attention, sharing this approach with the ascending postmodernist movement, combining stylistic allusions and principles of tonal music with achievements of the avant-garde into a meaningful whole. Most of his creative output falls into the categories of chamber and orchestral music.
O Crux, a Meditation for cello (1999) is, in the words of the composer, a reflective coda to trilogy of orchestral compositions, inspirationally connected with the theme of the mysteries of the cross. (Dariachangui’s Orchard – 1987, 2. Symphony, The Ritual – 1992, Via lucis –  1994). The motto of this work comes from the Latin hymn Vexilla Regis prodeunt, and the main motif (the cross) is a variation on the familiar symbol of death, which has in this semantic context been used by Dvořák in his Requiem and by many other composers.


\n (Vladimír Godár, in: booklet of the CD \"Slovak Cello Music\", Diskant DK-0069-2131, p. 3.)
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First performance in Slovakia

\n \n \n 22.05.2000,\n Slovak Radio, Studio 2,\n Bratislava,\n SK\n\n
Performers: Jozef Lupták (vc)\n
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First performance in Slovakia

\n \n \n 17.12.2010,\n Slovak National Gallery, Esterházy palace,\n Bratislava,\n SK\n\n
Performers: Milan Paľa (vl)\n
Premiere of the version for viola.
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