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Sacral Music
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Every year in August and September Gdynia
Municipal Government organises the Sacral Music Festival.
This year for the third time, it took place on four subsequent
Saturdays starting on 26th August and finishing on 16th
September. The place of music performances was Franciscans'
Church in Gdynia.
The notion of "sacral music" was broadly
understood, which allowed for the performance of music associated
with four main churches on the European continent, that
is, Catholic, Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox. During
one of the concerts listeners could also appreciate Jewish
music performed by the Polish only synagogue choir, as well
as Gospel music sang by a university choir.
Among pieces performed during the festival
there were compositions by Bach, Sir Charles Standford,
G. P. da Palestrina, G. Martini and many others.
The festival was an ideal occasion to get
acquainted not only with the music of the old days but also
with the melodies of Jewish and Afro-American cultures.
We invite all the interested cities to participate
in the festival next year.
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