Throwback Thursday: “Szeroka Woda,” Henryk Gorecki

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy774gkJf5Y

Gorecki was a modern Polish composer who is probably best known for his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.  This piece is my favorite of his.  It is a very simple arrangement of a Polish folk song about undying love.

Broad waters on the Vistula,

Now I’ll tell you my thoughts.

As it was yesterday, so it is today:

I must be with you through the ages.


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