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"Elogium - pomordowanym w Katyniu" and "Canticum canticorum" in Kiev

2011-10-21
The evening concert on 21 October 2011 at the National Philharmonic of Ukraine in Kiev was filled with sacred works by Polish composers: Paweł Lukaszewski, Romuald Twardowski, Stanisław Moryto, Marek Jasiński and Andrzej Panufnik. This was another event organised by the Gaude Mater Centre for Cultural Promotion in Częstochowa, as part of the "POLISH SACRED MUSIC Gaude Mater 2011" project. It was held under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski.
The concert in Kiev is one of four concerts of Polish sacred music which take place in selected European capitals: London, Paris, Moscow and Kiev. As the organisers write “the choice of capital refers to the words spoken by John Paul II in Częstochowa in 1991, during the VI World Youth Day. We want to present and promote the most valuable Polish sacred music, ancient and modern, on the twentieth anniversary of this event in the East and West of Christian Europe - thus showing the achievements of Polish culture in this area.”
„Elogium - pomordowanym w Katyniu” by Paweł Łukaszewski for baritone, bells, cello and string orchestra, a piece written to Latin text by Jerzy Wojtczak-Szyszkowski (2002) and „Canticum canticorum” by Romuald Twardowski for soprano, flute, clarinet and strings (1994) were heard, among other pieces.

The performers were the Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian National Philharmonic conducted by Mykola Dyadura and the soloists: Katarzyna Suska - Zagorska (soprano) and Dariusz Siedlik (baritone).
The concert was realised as part of the Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency of the European Council.

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