Concert in the Memory of Saint Pope John Paul II in Manhattan this Sunday - Program

When
Sunday, April 24, 2016
from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT

Where
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets
New York, NY 10022

I beg you once again to accept the whole of the spiritual legacy which goes by the name of 'Poland,' with the faith, hope and charity that Christ poured into us at our holy Baptism. I beg you-never lose your trust, do not be defeated, do not be discouraged-do not on your own cut yourselves off from the roots from which we had our origins.

St. Pope John Paul II, Kraków, 10 June 1979

The United Choirs of the Polish Singers Alliance of America conducted by Janusz Sporek and KHORIKOS Choir conducted by Alec Galambos will present a program by Bogna McGarrigle, the Music Director and Organist at the Church of the Epiphany RC in New York.

Program:

• Bogurodzica (13th - 14th centuries)
• Feliks Nowowiejski - Finale: Improvizatione from the 9th Symphony for organ op. 45 no. 9 (1929-31)
• Wincenty of Kielcz (text) - Gaude Mater Polonia (13th century, arrangement from 19th century)
• Wacław of Szamotuły - Dusk is Coming (16th century)
• Mikołaj Gomółka - Psalm 29 - "Ascribe unto the Lord of Light" (16th century)
• Bartłomiej Pękiel - Ave Maria (17th century)
• Paweł Łukaszewski - Aria di Angelo from Resurrectio (2012)
• Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki - Omni die dic Mariae (18th century)
• Boze, coś Polskę (19th century)
• Juliusz Łuciuk - O Polish Land (1987)
• Feliks Nowowiejski - Psalm 136 "Fatherland" (1902)

This concert is presented by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York. Additional support comes from the Polish Cultural Institute New York.

Special thanks to:

Saint Patrick's Cathedral, His Eminence Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Msgr. Robert T. Ritchie, Rev. Andrew King, Jennifer Pascual, Bogna McGarrigle, Rev. Wojciech Kałamarz, Paweł Łukaszewski, Yaga Chudy, Janusz Sporek, Izabella Kobus-Salkin, Alicja Rusewicz-Zagrobelny, Alec Galambos, Jakub Józef Orliński, Arthur Sato, Wojciech Szczech.