Publication at Faculty of Education |
2020
Abstract
Leoš Janáček composed the chamber cantata The Lord's Prayer in 1901. He was inspired by a cycle of pictures by the Polish painter Józef Męcina-Krzesz (1860-1934).
His cycle from the year 1894 contains seven scenes relating to seven requests in The Lord's Prayer. Janáček wrote the cycle for tenor, harp and organ which follows the structure of seven supplications to God as contained in the prayer.
Each of them is depicted in a separate image, portraying a cer-tain situation of the people whom Christ protects, or whom he approaches in the spirit of Christian helpfulness, compassion or forgiveness.