BBC Singers perform Górecki
17:30 Sat 3 Oct 2015 St Giles' Cripplegate, London
BBC Singers present Górecki's church music
BBC Singers present Górecki's church music
Programme
- Totus tuus
- Four Preludes for Piano
- Five Marian Songs
- Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6
- Church Songs(selection)
Performers
- David Hillconductor
Composers
Concert Information
Górecki’s discovery of his native church and folk music left an indelible mark on his work, clearly audible in the early Four Preludes for solo piano. Here, the BBC Singers combine the penetrating homophony of the Five Marian Songs with one of Górecki’s best-loved works, Totus tuus, given an emotional premiere in 1987 during Pope Jean Paul II’s third pilgrimage to Poland, as the country prepared for revolution.
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Event supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of Polska Music programme.
