On his sixtieth birthday, the composer premiered this piece's newly written Sanctus at a festival in Stockholm.
On his sixtieth birthday, the composer premiered this piece's newly written Sanctus at a festival in Stockholm. Its penultimate "Offertorium"and earlier "Recordare" both incorporate the melody of "Holy God," or "Swiety Boze," a hymn also quoted in the composer's earlier St. Luke Passion. The Dies Irae was written to honor an uprising against occupying Nazis, the "Agnus Dei" as a memorial in response to the 1981 death of the Cardinal Wyszynski, and the "Lacrimosa" to pay tribute to the Solidarity movement. FTP, identify this requiem nicknamed after the nationality of its composer, Krzysztof Penderecki.
On his sixtieth birthday, the composer premiered this piece's newly written Sanctus at a festival in Stockholm.
{Polish} Requiem (accept “{Penderecki’s }{Requiem}” on an early buzz)