Credo is a large-scale sacred composition for soloists, children's choir, mixed choir and orchestra by Krzysztof Penderecki, completed in 1998. It was commissioned by Helmuth Rilling for the Oregon Bach Festival, where it was first performed on 11 July 1998. Penderecki expanded the liturgical text by hymns and Bible verses in Latin, Polish and German. A recording won the 2000 Grammy Award for best choral performance.
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Penderecki Masterpieces
Polish Requiem, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
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St. Luke Passion, for 3 voices, narrator, choruses, and orchestra
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Symphony no. 3
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Threnody 'to the Victims of Hiroshima', for 52 strings
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