The concert "Gloria Patri", organized by the Center for the Thought of John Paul II on March 30, 2019 at 4.00 p.m. in the Temple of Divine Providence, will celebrate not only the 14th anniversary of the death of the Pope, but also the 40th anniversary of his first pilgrimage to Poland. The event takes place as part of the 10th Festival "New Epiphanies".
Eleven Warsaw-based academic and church choirs accepted the invitation to participate in this unique undertaking. Therefore, we will listen to over 400 voices gathered in the temple. The architecture of the church has become the starting point for artistic research. "Choral music is a harmony of many voices that consciously intertwine in one place and time. It is the energy of people who sing together to create beauty. "Gloria Patri" is the largest choral concert in the history of the 'New Epiphanies' Festival" – explains Jan Krutul, conductor of the Choir of the Center for the Thought of John Paul II.
The programme of the concert draws inspiration from the rosary prayer. It will include Pater Noster by Jakub Neske and Ave Maria by such composers as Tomas Luis de Victoria, Sergei Rachmaninov, Janusz Dąbrowski, Michał Dąbrowski (premiere), Franz Biebl, Daniel Elder, and Javier Busto. The concert will also premiere the polychoral song Gloria Patri by Paweł Łukaszewski, composed to the words of doxology and commissioned by the Center for the Thought of John Paul II especially for the occasion. The concert will end with Zuzanna Falkowska's composition to the words of John Paul II at the Freedom Square in 1979 – Let Your Spirit descend.
Admission free.
More information at: https://noweepifanie.pl/