Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki
Born: 6th December 1933, Czernica, Poland
Died: 12th November 2010, Katowice, Poland
Nationality: Polish
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. According to critic Alex Ross, no recent classical composer has had as much commercial success as Górecki. He became a leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during the post-Stalin cultural thaw. His Anton Webern-influenced serialist works of the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by adherence to dissonant modernism and influenced by Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Kazimierz Serocki. He continued in this direction throughout the 1960s, but by the mid-1970s had changed to a less complex sacred minimalist sound, exemplified by the transitional Symphony No.
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Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 4
22nd Jan 2016
David listens to the world-premiere recording of Henryk Górecki's fourth and final symphony, with Andrey Boreyko and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
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Popular Works: Gorecki
- Amen, Op. 35 (5)
- Beatus Vir, Op. 38 (5)
- Broad waters (1)
- Canticum Graduum, Op. 27 (2)
- Concerto for Harpsichord and String Quartet (2)
- Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings, Op. 40 (6)
- Concerto-Cantata, Op. 65 (4)
- Euntes Ibant et Flebant, Op. 32 (4)
- Five Kurpian Songs, Op. 75 (3)
- Good Night, 'In Memoriam Michael Vyner', Op. 63 (4)
- Intermezzo (5)
- Kantata, Op. 26 (2)
- Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka, Op. 66 (9)
- Lerchenmusik (5)
- Little Fantasia, Op. 73 (1)
- Lobgesang, Op. 76 (2)
- Mazurki, Op. 41 (2)
- Miserere, Op. 44 (4)
- Moment musical (3)
- O Domina nostra, Op. 55 (1)
- Old Polish Music (Muzyka Staropolska), Op. 24 (3)
- Pieśni Maryjne, Op. 54 (1)
- Refrain for orchestra (1)
- Salve, Sidus Polonorum, Op. 72 (1)
- Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 10 (3)
- Sonatina w jednej czesci (Sonatina in one movement), Op. 8 (1)
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 'Already it is dusk' (10)
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64 'Quasi una fantasia' (7)
- String Quartet No. 3, Op. 67 '...songs are sung' (6)
- Symphony No. 2, Op. 31, 'Copernican' (4)
- Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (25)
- Three dances, Op. 34 (4)
- Three Pieces in the Old Style (11)
- Three Songs, Op. 3 (1)
- Toccata for Two Pianos, Op. 2 (1)
- Totus Tuus, Op. 60 (37)
- Two Sacred Songs, Op. 30 (1)
- Valentine Piece for solo flute and little bell, Op. 70 (2)
- Variations for Violin and Piano, Op. 4 (1)
- Wislo moja, 'My Vistula', Op. 46 (1)
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