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Totus Tuus

by Henryk Gorecki - Polish
(1923-2010)

performed by the chamber "Chorus Anonymous"
in a cappella

Górecki composed the piece to celebrate Pope John Paul II's third pilgrimage to his native Poland that summer. The libretto was taken from a poem written by contemporary writer Maria Boguslawska which is addressed to the Virgin Mary, the patron saint of Poland.