Utrenja

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Utrenja is a large-scale liturgical choral work by Krzysztof Penderecki that draws on Eastern Orthodox rites and avant-garde sonorities to depict the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral work
liturgical composition
sacred music
basedOn Eastern Orthodox liturgy
composer Krzysztof Penderecki
countryOfOrigin Poland
creator Krzysztof Penderecki
depicts Resurrection narrative
burial of Christ
descent into the tomb
genre avant-garde music
contemporary classical music
hasInfluence late 20th-century sacred choral repertoire
hasPart Utrenja: The Entombment of Christ
Utrenja: The Resurrection of Christ
hasReception considered one of Penderecki’s major sacred works
hasTheme death
redemption
resurrection
suffering
language Church Slavonic
liturgicalContext Orthodox Easter
linked to: Easter

Orthodox Holy Week
linked to: Holy Week
movementCount multiple movements
notableFor integration of Orthodox chant elements
large-scale choral forces
use of avant-garde sonorities
period 20th-century music
religiousFunction concert work
para-liturgical work
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity
scoredFor choir
orchestra
solo voices
stylePeriod Penderecki’s avant-garde phase
subject Passion of Christ
Resurrection of Christ
textSource Gospel accounts of the Passion
Orthodox liturgical texts
usesMusicalStyle sonorism
usesMusicalTechnique cluster chords
extended vocal techniques

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