Gdańsk | Laboratory of New Sacred Music and three premieres

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 30^th of September, 2023 at 7:30 p.m., a unique concert titled ‘Laboratory of New Sacred Music’ will take place in St. Catherine's Church, in Gdańsk.

The Polish Chamber Choir will premiere a 5-part work by Marek Raczyński, Threni, commissioned by the ensemble. This choir, celebrating its 45^th anniversary this year, will also perform premieres of works awarded in the 26^th International Musica Sacra Nova Composition Competition, and will present the work Domine Iesu Christe by creator of the competition - Paweł Łukaszewski.

Composition Threni by Marek Raczyński was created as part of the ‘Composer's Commissions’ programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance. The textual layer of this composition for choir, saxophone, double bass and drums consists of fragments of Jeremiah's Lamentations.

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