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World Premiere of the New Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Work

2013-06-12
On June 23 at the Franciscans’ Basilica in Kraków (Poland) the world premiere of 20 songs of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki called “Selected Sacred Songs” for a cappella mixed choir will be held. On that day, the songs also will be released in the written form prepared by the PWM Edition, as well as recorded on the CD, issued by the DUX label. A collection entitled "Selected Sacred Songs" will contain 20 songs set to the lyrics of Father Jan Siedlecki. "The composer created a unique harmony that delights with simplicity" - says Włodzimierz Siedlik, one of the initiators of the project. A few years before his death Górecki said that he wrote hymns, but he did not have time to refine it. In the interview, Górecki said, "I have a few unreleased and unperformed choral cycles. I have them only as manuscripts, drafts. I wanted to create a choral of Polish songs with my harmony. I've found specific harmony of choral songs [...] I am proud of the fact that I’ve discovered the melody of the Polish language."

The cycle of hymns composed by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki in 1986 was never completed by the composer. However, PWM has decided to release it, order to enrich the choral repertoire with this extremely valuable pieces. The issue of theis edition was possible thanks to the commitment and the great help of Anna and Mikołaj Górecki.

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