Main Saint Patrons of Poland in the work of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. Resonance of works

The article concerns the musical works of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, dedicated to three characters - the Main Saint Patrons of Poland. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the addressees of O Domina Nostra. Meditations on Our Lady of Jasna Góra for soprano and organ op. 55. Saint Wojciech is a figure that is the canvas for Salve, sidus Polonorum. Cantata about Saint Adalbert op. 72. In turn, the person of St. Stanisław stands behind the work of Beatus vir op. 38. The study discusses the biography and cultural reception of each of the aforementioned saints. In addition, he describes musical works, indicating the presence of two culminations in their form. The first is musical, located in the middle of the composition, provided with the maximum instrumental and dynamic apparatus in a given song. The second theological, at the end of work, one is given in subtle or characteristic instrumentation, often in low dynamic values. Theological phrases often contain in the title, and their musical form becomes, according the composer's neck, a description of the form of the whole work