„Music of Trust”– a new album of the National Forum of Music
Wrocław February 17, 2023
We proudly announce that on February 17, 2023, a new album of the National Forum of Music, Music of Trust, will be released, recorded by NFM Choir conducted by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny.
The album includes premiere recordings of works by Zuzanna Koziej. The album was recorded in the acoustically perfect Main Hall of the National Forum of Music.
If you would be interested to listening this album and give your opinion or reviews, please let me know and I will send you digital sound files to familiarize yourself with this music.
TITLE: Music of Trust
Performers:
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny – conductor
Aleksandra Turalska – soprano
NFM Chór
N-Harmony Chamber Orchestra
ZUZANNA KOZIEJ (*1994)
1 Da pacem 4’20
for mixed choir (2018)
2 Trahe me post te 2’56
for mixed choir (2018)
3 Deus meus 5’20
for mixed choir (2017)
4 Exaudi, Deus 4’43
for mixed choir (2021)
5 Quae est ista 4’25
for mixed choir (2020)
Stabat Mater
for female choir (2017) [ 17’15 ]
6 Stabat Mater dolorosa 1’57
7 Cuius animam gementem 1’21
8 O quam tristis et afflicta 2’02
9 Quis est homo qui non fleret 1’20
10 Pro peccatis suae gentis 1’35
11 Eia, Mater 1’13
12 Sancta Mater 2’11
13 Virgo virginum praeclara 3’12
14 Flammis ne urar succensus 2’24
Mass of Trust
for solo soprano, mixed choir and chamber orchestra (2016–2017) [ 31’56 ]
15 Kyrie 3’00
16 Gloria 6’16
17 Credo 7’23
18 Ostende mihi 4’25
19 Sanctus 2’55
20 Pater noster 2’57
21 Agnus Dei 5’00
Total time 70’46
Recorded in the Main Hall of the National Forum of Music on 4–5 January and 7–8 July 2022.
Recording Producer, editing, mastering: Ewa Lasocka
Zuzanna Koziej is a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (‘Young Poland’ programme).
NFM 82, ACD 312
The CD will be available at the NFM Box Office, in the Niskie Łąki bookstore and online at the NFM Store.
Tickets online – Narodowe Forum Muzyki (nfm.wroclaw.pl)
“Mutual trust, harmony and peace are values that are not easy to achieve and cultivate, and are often closely bound up with the disputes, suffering and confusion that precede them. The process of seeking and striving to trust oneself and others is full of doubt, fear and pain on the one hand, and excitement, beauty and joy on the other. This palette of feelings and emotions is musically reflected in the works that make up the Music of Trust, the first monographic album with music by Zuzanna Koziej. The compositions are based on Latin liturgical and biblical texts, which the composer treats in a universal way, addressing both believers and non-believers. The core of the album are the most extensive Stabat Mater and Mass of Trust, preceded by more modestly sized choral pieces.”
Magdalena Pasternak’s note from the booklet of the CD
Agnieszka Szachnowska – Cybulska