Editing Krzysztof Penderecki (section)

===''The St. Luke Passion''===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Year !! Song title !! Work !! Instrumentation
|-
| 1968:
| "Miserere mei, Deus"<br />''{{audio|Krzysztof Penderecki Miserere mei-Deus.ogg|Listen}}''
|| Saint Luke Passion
|| Chorus
|}

The large-scale ''[[St. Luke Passion (Penderecki)|St. Luke Passion]]'' (1963–66) brought Penderecki further popular acclaim, not least because it was devoutly religious, yet written in an avant-garde musical language, and composed within Communist Eastern Europe. Various different musical styles can be seen in the piece. The experimental textures, such as were employed in the ''Threnody'', are balanced by the work's [[Baroque music|Baroque]] form and the occasional use of more traditional [[harmony|harmonic]] and [[melody|melodic]] writing. Penderecki makes use of [[serialism]] in this piece, and one of the tone rows he uses includes the [[BACH motif]], which acts as a bridge between the conventional and more experimental elements. The [[Stabat Mater#Musical settings|Stabat Mater]] section toward the end of the piece concludes on a simple [[chord (music)|chord]] of D major, and this gesture is repeated at the very end of the work, which finishes on a triumphant E major chord. These are the only tonal harmonies in the work, and both come as a surprise to the listener; Penderecki's use of tonal triads such as these remains a controversial aspect of the work.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Walter |first=Meinrad |date=2002 |title=Avantgarde mit menschlichem Antlitz |url=https://www.herder.de/hk/hefte/archiv/2002/10-2002/avantgarde-mit-menschlichem-antlitz-ein-portraet-des-komponisten-und-guardini-preistraegers-krzysztof-penderecki/ |journal=Herder Korrespondenz |volume=2002 |issue=10 |pages=507–512 |language=de |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref>

Penderecki continued to write sacred music. In the early 1970s he wrote a [[Dies irae]], a [[Magnificat]], and [[Canticum Canticorum Salomonis]] ([[Song of Songs]]) for chorus and orchestra.<ref name="liner"/>