Krzysztof Penderecki
Born: 23rd November 1933, Debica, Poland
Died: 29th March 2020
Nationality: Polish
Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. His oeuvre includes five operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
After graduating from the Academy of Music in Krakow, he became a teacher there and began his career as a composer in 1959 during the Warsaw Autumn festival.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Penderecki
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Kent Nagano on Penderecki's St Luke Passion
22nd Jun 2020
The American conductor talks to David about his recent recording of the late Krzysztof Penderecki's searing setting of the St Luke Passion with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
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Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
29th Mar 2020
The Polish composer, whose talent for creating uncanny sonorities inspired film-directors including Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese, has died aged 86.
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Popular Works: Penderecki
- A Polish Requiem (15)
- Agnus Dei (1981) (13)
- Anaklasis (6)
- Aus den Psalmen Davids (6)
- Cadenza for solo viola (22)
- Cadenza for solo violin (13)
- Capriccio for oboe & 11 strings (5)
- Capriccio per Siegfried Palm (1968) for solo cello (8)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 (10)
- Clarinet Quartet (16)
- Concerto for Flute or Clarinet & Chamber Orchestra (9)
- Concerto Grosso No. 1 for 3 Cellos and Orchestra (5)
- Credo (5)
- De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (8)
- Der unterbrochene Gedanke für Streichquartett (7)
- Fonogrammi (6)
- Izhe Xeruvimy (10)
- Per Slava (12)
- Piano Concerto 'Resurrection' (6)
- Polymorphia (1961) (6)
- Prelude for Solo Clarinet (11)
- St Luke Passion (9)
- Stabat mater (9)
- String Quartet No. 1 (16)
- String Quartet No. 2 (10)
- String Quartet No. 3 'Leaves of an unwritten diary' (8)
- String Trio (15)
- Symphony No. 2 'Christmas Symphony' (8)
- Symphony No. 3 (6)
- Symphony No. 7 'Seven Gates of Jerusalem' (7)
- The Dream of Jacob (8)
- Three Miniatures for Clarinet & Piano (14)
- Three Miniatures for Violin & Piano (6)
- Three Pieces in Old Style (7)
- Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima" (25)
- Veni Creator (9)
- Viola Concerto (10)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 (6)
- Violin Sonata No. 1 (10)
- Violin Sonata No. 2 (7)
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New. La Luce
Simone Kermes (soprano), Julien Salemkour (soprano), Warsaw Chamber Opera Orchestra, Warsaw Chamber Opera Chorus
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Penderecki: St Luke Passion
Lucas Meachem (baritone), Slawomir Holland (narrator), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Matthew Rose (bass), Warsaw Boys Choir, Kraków Philharmonic Chorus, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)
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Britten: War Requiem, Penderecki: Tren & Berg: Violin Concerto
Kari Lövaas (soprano), Anthony Roden (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Hansjürgen Scholze (organ), Manfred Scherzer (violin) Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Dresden Cathedral Boys Choir, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Herbert Kegel
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Penderecki: St Luke Passion
Sigune Von Osten (soprano), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Kurt Rydl (bass), Edward Lubaszenko (narrator) Cracow Boys Choir, Warsaw National Philharmonic Chorus, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
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New. La Luce
Simone Kermes (soprano), Julien Salemkour (soprano), Warsaw Chamber Opera Orchestra, Warsaw Chamber Opera Chorus
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Jerzy Kosmala, Michael Gurt
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