Symphony n° 7 of Penderecki

The Seventh Symphony " seven doors of Jérusalem" ' is a work of Krzysztof Penderecki, made up in 1996.

The musician wrote Symphonie S numbered from 1 to 8, the sixth not being transcribed. Seventh is thus its before last symphony, written approximately five years after the preceding one (the n° 5 ) and nearly eight years before its eighth. He composed many religious works before, of which its Polish Requiem .

It is about an order to celebrate the third millennium of the town of Jerusalem, quoted that the musician visited for the first time in 1974. The texts are extracted from the psalms 48,96,130,137 and 147. It requires in addition to the orchestra and the choruses, a vocal quintet and one reciting.

Work was initially written in the form of a Oratorio in seven parts, the doors are those which were to remain closed in the biblical tradition, until the arrival of the Messiah.

It was created on January 9th 1997 with the Symphony orchestra of Bavarian Broadcasting under the direction of Lorin Maazel in Jerusalem. It is only after several executions that Penderecki decides to re-elect it as a its Seventh symphony .

The symphony is composed of seven movements and its execution time is of approximately an hour.

Magnus Dominus and laudabilis nimis

If oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem
De profundis

If oblitus fuero tui, Jerusalem
Lauda Jerusalem

Facta are super me manus Domini
Haec dicit Dominus

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