Preisner: Requiem For My Friend (Vocal Score)

Requiem for my friend , written in dedication to film director Krzysztof Kieslowski (who passed away in March 1996), is in two parts. The first part - Requiem - consists of nine movements scored for soprano, organ, two countertenors, tenor, bass, string quintet and percussion. It was recorded in Warsaw Cathedral and the Emaus Church in Krakow. The second part - Life - is also made of nine movements and is scored for soprano, voice, countertenor, recorder, alto saxophone, piano, sixty-piece orchestra and forty-piece choir.