Concert for harpsichord (or piano) and string orchestra Op. 40 is one of the most dynamic compositions of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933 – 2010). The concert composed in 1980 was for the first performed by a world-renowned harpsichordist Elżbieta Chojnacka to whom it was dedicated. The composer also accepts the version in which piano takes the harpsichord’s part, while the group of strings is made larger. The concert that lasts (depending on the interpretation) for less than 8 minutes makes a spectacular impression. The initial atmosphere of anxiety turns into a full of rhythm musical performance. Despite the obsessively repeated motifs, the listener does not get the impression of monotony, on the contrary – the dance beat delights us. The message of concert, when performed by the piano, becomes clearer and the piece gains a different color than the one displayed by harpsichord. For years, the piano version was presented, with success, by the composer's daughter, Anna Górecka. What it the message in Górecki’s concert? Definitely a positive one. The dramatic introduction with dense, disturbing atmosphere and gathering black clouds does not last throughout the whole piece. Things become clearer and change into a joy and energetic spurt. A full of freedom horse gallop through meadows and fields ends with a positive, contrary to the initial atmosphere finale.