Henryk Gorecki: Totus Tuus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbHfLCprSSg

Composed (1983) for John Paul II’s third visit to his homeland, Totus Tuus is a good example Of Henryk Gorecki’s music, with its unabashed simplicity and undisguised roots in Polish Catholic chant.

Totus Tuus sum Maria,/Mater nostri Redemptoris,/Virgo Dei, Virgo pia,/ Mater mundi Salvatoris

I dedicate myself to you, O Mary,/Mother of our Redeemer,/Virgin of God, virgin holy,/Mother of the Saviour of the world.