Lacrimosa No. 2

Penderecki wrote Lacrimosa No. 2 on a commission by the Pomeranian Philharmonic. He set the liturgical text Lacrimosa from the Requiem mass which he had set first in his Polish Requiem,^[1] for a soprano soloist, women's choir and chamber orchestra. The world premiere was performed on 10 October 2018,^[2] on the occasion of the unveiling of the Monument to the Victims of the Pomeranian Crime of 1939 [pl] in Toruń, Poland, by soprano Iwona Hossa [pl], the Chór Żeński Uniwersytetu Technologiczno-Przyrodniczego, and the Pomeranian Philharmonic, conducted by Kai Bumann..^[3] It was published by Schott. The duration is given as two minutes.^[3][2]