{"id":432,"date":"2020-10-03T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/?p=432"},"modified":"2020-10-14T18:36:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:36:24","slug":"after-angels-demons-an-enchanting-world-of-spiritual-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/after-angels-demons-an-enchanting-world-of-spiritual-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"After Angels, Demons: an Enchanting World of Spiritual Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][nk_title like=”” style=””]GOETIA \u2013 In umbra lucis<\/em> (Lera Auerbach): an Overview by Polska Muza (polskamuza.eu)<\/strong>[\/nk_title][nk_text]<\/p>\n

Oryginalna wersja w j\u0119zyku polskim \u279e<\/a><\/h5>\n

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Photos taken at the Siemiradzki Hall at the\u00a019th Century Polish Art Gallery located inside the Cloth Hall building, a branch of the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a9 Photos by Bogumi\u0142 Kru\u017cel<\/h6>\n

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On the occasion of International Music Day<\/strong>\u00a0(October 1, 2020) at the 19th Century Polish Art Gallery in Sukiennice, the vocal ensemble\u00a0Cracow Singers<\/strong><\/a> and the Silesian Quartet<\/strong><\/a> performed the Polish premiere of\u00a0Goetia – in umbra lucis, <\/em>a piece by the Russian-American composer Lera Auerbach. It was the natural continuation of the composition presented by Cracow Singers in 2017. Back then Lera Auerbach opus for choir and quartet of saxophones, 72 Angels – In splendore lucis<\/em> represented 72 angels. This one represented 72 demons.<\/p>\n

[\/nk_text][vc_single_image image=”435″ img_size=”large”][nk_text]The Cracow Singers ensemble and the Silesian Quartet under the direction of Karol Kusz found themselves perfectly in the highly emotional world of Lera Auerbach’s music, which in a strange but harmonious way combines various musical threads, predominantly music from various religions and cults of the Middle East. Taping into the seventeenth-century books of magical knowledge and ancient legends about King Solomon ruling over demons, Auerbach created 72 musical images of spirits to captivate and constantly engage with the audience. The extense and varied expressions in the ensemble (wonderful soloists, members of the choir: Wassim Ibrahim from Syria, but also Rebecca Palmer, Matylda Sta\u015bto-Kotula, Jakub Borowczyk and \u0141ukasz Dziuba) kept music lovers in suspense for nearly an hour and a half. We were in a strange and at the same time wonderful world of spiritual experiences. A phenomenon which cannot be overestimated during a pandemic.[\/nk_text][vc_single_image image=”436″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section css=”.vc_custom_1602620890619{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.83) !important;*background-color: rgb(0,0,0) !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][nk_text]<\/p>\n

Syrian composer and Multicultural Amabssador of Krak\u00f3w, Wassim Ibrahim<\/strong><\/a><\/u><\/span>, opened the evening with an oud prelude based on Aramaic music from the Mesopotamia and Leavnt region. The improvisation followed the Orient Middle Eastern style based on oriental scales or maqams. He also performed as a guest singer with Cracow Singers for the evening.<\/span><\/h4>\n

[\/nk_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”452″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][nk_gallery_images columns=”2″ images=”438,439,445,441,448,446,442,440,443,444,447,449″][vc_separator el_width=”80″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section css=”.vc_custom_1602621250093{padding-top: 45px !important;background-color: #c9c9c9 !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][nk_title like=”” style=””]Lera Auerbach (Russia, 1973)<\/strong>[\/nk_title][vc_single_image source=”external_link” custom_src=”https:\/\/theaderks.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/02\/lera-auerbach.jpg”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][nk_text]<\/p>\n

A renaissance artist for modern times, Lera Auerbach is a widely recognized conductor, pianist, and composer. She is also a published poet and an exhibited visual artist. All of her work is interconnected as part of a cohesive and comprehensive artistic worldview.<\/h4>\n

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Classical music at the National Museum in Krak\u00f3w on the occasion of International Music Day. A difficult piece by Lera Auerbach, perfromed for the first time in Poland by Cracow Singers and the Silesian Quartet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[26,33],"tags":[66,12,64,68,67,70,65,69],"class_list":["post-432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaborations","category-music-reviews","tag-classical-music","tag-covid19","tag-cracow-singers","tag-karol-kusz","tag-kwartet-slaski","tag-lera-auerbach","tag-national-museum-krakow","tag-wassim-ibrahim"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 21:34:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krakowmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}