Częstochowa | 29th International Festival of Sacred Music "Gaude Mater"

This year's edition of the "Gaude Mater" festival will take place on May 4-6, 2019. The programme consists of exhibitions and concerts of sacred music, including works by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Wojciech Kilar.

The International Festival of Sacred Music "Gaude Mater" was initiated by Krzysztof Pośpiech, conductor, pedagogue and first director of the Centre of Culture Promotion "Gaude Mater". It is currently the largest project in Poland promoting music of various religions and cultures. By undertaking an intercultural dialogue and showing the beauty of music from different parts of the world, the festival opens the listeners up to other religions and teaches tolerance.

This year, musicians invited to participate in the Festival focuses on Polish music. They will present music from the medieval collections of Jasna Góra and Stanisław Moniuszko's choral works. The festival is also open to contemporary music. During the final concert, the Czestochowa Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Czestochowa Philharmonic Choir "Collegium Cantorum" under the direction of Adam Klocek will perform the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Op. 36 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Angelus by Wojciech Kilar.

Full programme available at: http://gaudemater.pl/festiwal2019/