To the words

for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (2018)

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Performers: Choir and Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, Johannes Kalitzke - conductor

hastidasaṇā | elephants
Asoka; Rock edicts, Magadha, c. 250 bc

πλοία [ploía] | ships
Theodora; Great (Holy) Palace, Constantinople, 1/13/532

anisello | donkey
Girolamo Savonarola; Cathedral, Florence, 12/05/1496

manufacturing
William Cobbett; House of Commons, London, 18/07/1833

voyages | travels
Simone Weil; Parliament, Paris, November 26, 1974
 

رطملاك [kalmatar] | rain
Osama bin Laden; al Jazeera, October 29, 2004

überzeugung | conviction
Joseph Ratzinger; Bundestag, Berlin, September 22, 2011

fala | wave
Jaroslaw Kaczynski; Monument of the Great Synagogue, Białystok, 27/06/2016

The composition was created in 2018 on commission of the National Philharmonic and the Warsaw Autumn Festival, with the support of the IMiT compositional commission program.

Performance history:

PREMIERE: 21/09/2018, Warsaw Autumn Festival; National Philharmonic in Warsaw

performers: Choir and Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw; Johannes Kalitzke

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