This is Bałdychs sixth album for ACT, and his first for the label with his fellow Polish musicians. Reflecting his dual love of classical and jazz, he has turned to the repertoire of sacred music for Sacrum Profanum and the compositions of Thomas Tallis, Hildegard of Bingen, Sofia Gubaidulina, Gregorio Allegri plus a hymn from the 13th century by an unknown writer. With four Bałdych originals that sustain a similar mood, this music may be sombre in outlook, but it's also moving and often profound. By going where most men would fear to tread they succeed in vibrating these timeless compositions with contemporary meaning. Using a renaissance violin, the gran cassia, gongs, chorales, and a prepared piano according to tone and context, Bałdych and his quartet create music rich in tonal colour, while Bałdych and Dys have got inside the material at hand and construct their improvisations around the needs of the compositional material, remaining true to the album's overall intent. Bałdych is not alone in returning to ancient texts for inspiration, Tigran Hamasyan is another, for example, highlighting why these ancient melodies have endured – it's because they have continued to move and resonate with mankind down the ages.