The first work is for soprano and orchestra; the second work is for string orchestra
Texts of the first work are a 15th-century Polish lament of Mary, mother of Jesus (first movement), a message written on the wall of a Gestapo cell during World War II (second movement), and a Silesian folk song of a mother searching for a son killed in the Silesian uprisings (third movement)
Performer
Susan Gritton, soprano (Symphony) ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Yuri Simonov, conductor