Witold Lutosławski’s Lacrimosa his first vocal-instrumental piece, was a diploma work. + Excluding the Christmas carols, he never returned to sacred music. + Surrounded by two quiet movements is the Trois poemes d’Henri Michaux’s central, highly dramatic movement, in which the choir does not sing but shouts. + Paroles tissées (1965) was written for singer Peter Pears. + Les espaces du sommeil is a poem for voice and orchestra. + Chantefleurs et Chantefables is a collection of brilliant, humorous miniatures.
