Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symfonia Piesni Zalosnych" (Symphony Of Sorrowful

«Симфония скорбных песнопений» — третья симфония польского композитора Хенрика Гурецкого, написанная в конце 1976 года в Катовице для солирующего сопрано и оркестра. Сочинение принесло автору мировую известность. 

Симфония порождает мощный образ моления перед лицом общей бесчеловечности и жестокости. 

Вторая, представленная, часть, запоминающаяся открывающим её гармоническим мотивом, написана на слова, выцарапанные восемнадцатилетней Хеленой Вандой Блазусяковной на стене гестаповской тюрьмы в Закопане и обращённые к матери и к Деве Марии: «О, мама, не плачь, не надо. Царица Небесная, будь всегда для меня опорой». 

 The composer recalled, "I have to admit that I have always been irritated by grand words, by calls for revenge. Perhaps in the face of death I would shout out in this way. But the sentence I found is different, almost an apology or explanation for having got herself into such trouble; she is seeking comfort and support in simple, short but meaningful words". He later explained, "In prison, the whole wall was covered with inscriptions screaming out loud: 'I'm innocent', 'Murderers', 'Executioners', 'Free me', 'You have to save me'—it was all so loud, so banal. Adults were writing this, while here it is an eighteen-year-old girl, almost a child. And she is so different. She does not despair, does not cry, does not scream for revenge. She does not think about herself; whether she deserves her fate or not. Instead, she only thinks about her mother: because it is her mother who will experience true despair. This inscription was something extraordinary. And it really fascinated me.