Works by contemporary composers will be interpreted by the Polish Chamber Choir during the concert held on February 18, 2017 at 6.00 pm at the Evangelical Church in Sopot (5 Parkowa Street).
The choir will present compositions by Agata Krawczyk, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Thomas Jennefelt, Paweł Łukaszewski, Wojciech Łukaszewski, as well as pieces that were awarded at the Musics Sacra Nova Composition Competition in 2016 - Beatus Vir by Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (1st prize), Veni Emmanuel by Aleksandra Chmielewska (2nd prize), and O magnum misterium by Francisco Carbonell (3rd prize). The competition promotes contemporary sacral compositions for choir and the jury of its last edition (which consisted of such artists as Marian Borkowski, Stephen Layton, Jan Łukaszewski, Andrea Angelini, Vaclovas, Vaclovas Augustinas, Vincenzo de Gregorio and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi) evaluated 30 submitted works from composers coming from 8 countries.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
Programme - Contemporary Music Concert (18 February 2017)
Works awarded at the International Composition Competition "Musica Sacra Nova" 2016
Francisco Carbonell O magnum misterium - 3rd prize
Aleksandra Chmielewska (*1993) Veni Emmanuel - 2nd prize
Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (*1988) Beatus Vir - 1st prize
Agata Krawczyk (*1982) Parce Mihi
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi O magnum misterium
Thomas Jennefelt (*1954) Villarosa Sarialdi
Wojciech Łukaszewski (1936–1978)
Pieśń o Żołnierzach z Westerplatte, lyr. by K. I. Gałczyński*
Nazywam ciebie morze, lyr. by H. Piotrowski
Paweł Łukaszewski (*1968)
Usłysz nas Srebrnołuki, lyr. by Z. Herbert*
Gwiazd siewco i księżyców, lyr. by J. Lechoń*
Warszawski wiatr, lyr. by K. I. Gałczyński*
Pacierz za zmarłych, lyr. by A. Oppmann*
Wer nur den lieben Gott*
* world premiere