25.11
Saturday / 19:30
2023
25.11.2023
Saturday / 19:30

Krzysztof Penderecki: Utrenja | Eufonie 2023 Festival

All Saints Church, pl. Grzybowski 3/5, Warsaw
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‘Theatre of Death and Resurrection’ – this is how Mieczysław Tomaszewski titled the chapter devoted to Utrenja in his book about Krzysztof Penderecki. The monumental religious work, which consists of Utrenja I, created in 1969/70, and Utrenja II, written in 1971, grew out of the composer’s fascination with theatricality of the Easter rites in the tradition of Orthodox music. As he admitted, ‘Utrenja is not only a focused prayer, but also an ecstasy.’ 

Performers

Bożena Bujnicka soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis mezzosoprano
Rafał Bartmiński tenor
Tomasz Konieczny baritone
Volodymyr Tyshkov basso profondo
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Bartosz Michałowski choir director
Poznan Boys’ Choir
Jacek Sykulski choir director
Sinfonia Varsovia
Zsolt Nagy conductor

Programme

Krzysztof Penderecki Utrenja
I. Złożenie Chrystusa do grobu (The Entombment)
II. Zmartwychwstanie (Resurection)