Premieres
- Partial premiere (8 movements): 23 November 1983, Washington, D. C., National Symphony Orchestra, soloists, choir, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich.
- Premiere: 28 September 1984, Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Choir of the Staatsoper Stuttgart and Südfunk-Chor, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Doris Soffel, Ryszard Karczykowski, Stafford Dean, conductor Mstislaw Rostropowitsch
- Premiere of the revised version: 11 November 1993, Stockholm, Penderecki Festival 1993, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Katarina Dalayman, Brigitta Svendén, Zachos Terzakis, Kurt Rydl, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki
- Premiere of the final version: September 17, 2005 Wroclaw, St. Mary Magdalene (PL) Wratislavia Cantans 2005, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice, The Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble Camerata Silesia, Izabela Kłosińska, Jadwiga Rappé, Adam Zdunikowski, Piotr Nowacki, conductor: Krzysztof Penderecki
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