Paian

Paian (2014)
Composer and glasses: Máté Balogh
Bass-recorder: János Bali
Recorded at Budapest Music Center, 2015.

A paean is a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving. In classical antiquity, it is usually performed by a chorus, but some examples seem intended for an individual voice (monody). It comes from the Greek παιάν (also παιήων or παιών), "song of triumph, any solemn song or chant." "Paeon" was also the name of a divine physician and an epithet of Apollo.