“My sole ambition is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.”
-Franz Liszt
Mazurka Music and Art Society presents
the Franz Liszt’s ‘Via Crucis’,
a musical odyssey about the passion of Jesus Christ and the 14 Stations of the Cross.
Mikolaj Warszynski will
join forces with Vocal Artists of Pro Coro Canada for
a performance of Liszt’s late masterwork, Via Crucis, in an arrangement for piano & 8 vocalists.
Please join us for this unique event taking place on Saturday
March 21st at 7:30pm
at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church, located at 10037 – 84 ave NW in Edmonton Strathcona.
The rarely performed masterpiece ‘Via Crucis’ was composed in the late 1870s by Abbé Liszt. The work depicts in music
the 14 Stations of the Cross, features reworking of Bach chorales, a capella hymns including Stabat Mater and piano solo interludes, interwoven all together creating a fascinating musical odyssey retracing
the stages of Christ’s Passion: from being condemned to death to being laid in the tomb. Combining Gregorian chant, the Lutheran liturgy and the Latin, German and Aramaic languages, the Via Crucis shows real formal originality. A
work of great serenity and contemplation, it is one of the last large scale works of Liszt, of particular significance because it reaches the limits of tonality, breaking the status quo of predominant tonal music of the time.
In addition to the Via Crucis, in the first half there will also be a solo piano performance of Liszt’s
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing) Variations on Bach’s
Cantata No. 12.
Following the concert, there will be an art exhibit in the gallery featuring works by artists
Tad Warszynski
and Michał Tkaczyk,
as well as a reception courtesy of the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European studies at the University of Alberta.
Tickets available at the door or online on Eventbrite.
Regular $30 / Senior $20 / Student $10
For more info please visit: mazurkamusicandart.com
Questions? Please contact:
mazurkamu...@gmail.com
