Górecki consistently created his own sound universe, described by musicologist Krzysztof Droba as 'super aesthetically incorrect' and by critic Andrzej Chłopecki as 'nobly separate'.
Composer Biography
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010) achieved international success in the mid-1990s with his Symphony No. 3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'.
Performer Biography
Jan Łukaszewski, the conductor of Polski Chór Kameralny Schola Cantorum Gedanensis, has directed the choir since 1983 and initiated the 'Mozartiana' International Mozart Festival in Gdańsk.
Composition History
The oratorio Beatus Vir by Górecki was commissioned by Kraków cardinal Karol Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II, and was premiered in the Pope's presence in 1979.
Composition History
Górecki's Church Songs, Op. 84, draw on traditional church songs collected in the 19th-century Śpiewnik kościelny (Church Songbook) by Jan Siedlecki.
Performer Biography
The Polski Chór Kameralny Schola Cantorum Gedanensis has given world premieres of over 700 works, including those by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Wojciech Kilar, and Krzysztof Penderecki.
Composer Biography
Górecki was a fervent Roman Catholic who never concealed his faith, which began to influence his music in the early 1970s.
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