Fauré's Requiem at the Jesuit Church
Saturday, April 1, 2017, 7:30 PM
The Jesuit Church resounds with two masterpieces of French religious music: Gabriel Fauré's Messe de Requiem and Quatre mortes pour un temps de pénitence by Francis Poulenc.
Joanna Kwiecień – soprano
Jakub Brzegowy – soprano
Stanisław Zyskowski – baritone
Orchestra of the Fryderyk Chopin Secondary Music School in Kraków
Choir of the Academy of Music in Kraków
Vocal Ensemble
Conductors: Wiktoria Darmoń / Justyna Hanusiak / Karolina Patla / Agata Wikalińska
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Jesuit)
ul. Kopernika 26
Built early in the 20th century to the design of Franciszek Mączyński, in its external guise the church makes reference to medieval basilicas of Kraków, and with the internal decoration – to early Christian houses of worship. It offers an interesting example of the combination of Kraków modernism with neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic motifs.
One of the largest churches in Kraków (52 × 19 m / 170 × 62 ft), it is surmounted by a 68 m (223 ft) tall tower. The church was built in 1909–12 and finished and delivered to the congregation after the close of the First World War, and it was consecrated in 1921. Welcoming the visitors is a stone sculpture of Christ extending his arms from above the main portal, a work of Xawery Dunikowski. The exceedingly colourful and atmospheric decor of the interior consists of polychrome murals, mosaics, and stucco decorations. The eye is especially attracted to the 30-metre-long mosaic frieze over the high altar presenting Polish saints and the blessed paying homage to Christ, and the nation led by their royal highnesses Ladislaus Jagiełło and St Jadwiga. Worth our attention among the other representations are the figures of St Christopher and a mounted St Longinus, piercing the side of Jesus on the cross.
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