Twórczość religijna Wojciecha Kilara – kontemplacja i spełnienie

Abstract

Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013) is an outstanding composer in Polish music in the second half of the XXlh and next century. His works is divided into three phases. The last one began since 1974 and developed along two parallel lines: neofolklorism and national-religious trend. Especially in national-religious trend Wojciech Kilar expressed his own religious attitude and spiritual values. In this area he saw the deepest meaning of his life and artistic fulfillment. National-religious trend is a predominant feature of his last phase. To the most important religious works of this period belong: Exodus, Angelus, Missa pro pace, Hymn Paschalny. The composer derived form the texts of psalms, historical lament songs and liturgical texts. He referred to the music of the Middle Ages using modal harmonic, organum and polyphonic technique. Love for God and Love for man was for him the highest values. To the features of the matures Kilar’s style belong: reduction of the sound material, repeatably of music phrases, meditative nature of musical narrative and processual development of musical tension based on the principle of textural crescendo.