The Polish Radio Choir celebrate Górecki’s Life

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 09 November 2011

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 7 November 2011

Górecki, Totus Tuus, Op.60

Górecki, Five Kurpian Songs, Op.75

Górecki, Three Lullabies, Op.49

Górecki, Song of the Katyn Families, Op.81

Górecki, Come Holy Spirit, Op.61

Górecki, Amen, Op.35

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.