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Concert of the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic lead by Giancarlo Guerrero on the 31^st of March, 2023 at 19.00 will be a meeting with two great symphonies written in the 20^th century. The author of the Third Symphony ‘Symphonie liturgique’ is Arthur Honegger, an artist whose works far too rarely appear in concert programmes. Symphony No. 3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ was written by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, one of the most famous Polish composers of the last century. The solo part in his work will be performed by Aleksandra Kurzak. The theme of both symphonies is very similar – it is a settlement with the great tragedies of the 20^th century.

Honegger's Third Symphony was written in 1945–1946. The composer's goal was, on the one hand, to settle accounts with the horrors of war, and on the other, to express hope for peace.’

Górecki's ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’ consists of three parts. Each of them is maintained at a slow pace, in each there is a motif of the loss of a child and the inevitable mourning of the mother associated with this event. The asceticism and simplicity of the musical language used by the artist strengthen the emotional message hidden in words.

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