On March 25, 2019 at 6:30 p.m., the artists of the Grand Theater in Łódź will perform as the Vocal Ensemble of the Łódź Chamber Musicians in the programme compsed of works written by Stanisław Moniuszko in the period when he was the organist in the Church of Sts Johns in Vilnius.
In the concert from the cycle "Moniuszkowy zawrót głowy", religious choral songs written especially for the choir of the Vilnius parish will be presented. Although the choir was an amateur ensemble, it successfully performed great oratorios of Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Felix Mendelssohn under the direction of Moniuszko. His religious songs composed for the choir were very advanced and ambitious, both artisticaly and in terms of performance techniques.
The Łódź artists will also present choral works of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, including songs dedicated to Our Lady. In addition to Marian Songs, Op. 54, the programme will consist of Totus tuus, Op. 60 – with the text of Maria Bogusławska referring to the words of St. Pope John Paul II, written on the occasion of his pilgrimage to Poland – and Song of Katyn families, Op. 81 composed to the words of the poet Tadeusz Lutoborski.
Information on tickets at: http://www.operalodz.com/MONIUSZKOWY_ZAWROT_GLOWY_Piesni_choralne_Moniuszki_i_Goreckiego,29,291