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List Of Compositions By Krzysztof Penderecki
The following is an incomplete list of works by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Operas *''The Most Valiant Knight'', children's opera in 3 acts (1965) *''Die Teufel von Loudun'' (''The Devils of Loudun'', 1968–69), based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Aldous Huxley. *'' Paradise Lost'' (1975–78), based on the epic poem by John Milton *'' Die schwarze Maske'' (''The Black Mask'') (1984–86), based on the play by Gerhart Hauptmann *'' Ubu Rex'' (1990–91), based on the play ''Ubu Roi'' by Alfred Jarry Symphonies * Symphony No. 1 (1973) * Symphony No. 2: ''Christmas'' (1980) * Symphony No. 3 (1988–95) * Symphony No. 4: ''Adagio'' (1989), winner of the 1992 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition * Symphony No. 5: ''Korean'' (1991–92) * Symphony No. 6: ''Chinese Poems'' (2008–17) * Symphony No. 7: ''Seven Gates of Jerusalem'' (1996), for soloists, speaker, triple chorus and orchestra * Symphony No. 8: ''Lieder der Vergänglichkeit'' (2004–05, rev. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Krzysztof () is a Polish language, Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu Individuals named Krzysztof may choose to celebrate their name day on March 15, July 25, March 2, May 21, August 20 or October 31. People with the first name Krzysztof * Krzysztof Arciszewski (1592–1656), Polish military man * Krzysztof Bednarski (born 1953), famous contemporary Polish sculptor * Krzysztof Bizacki (born 1973), Polish footballer * Krzysztof Bukalski (born 1970), Polish footballer * Krzysztof Charamsa (born 1972), Polish priest * Krzysztof Chodkiewicz, d. 1652, Polish-Lithuanian nobleman * Krzysztof Cwalina (born 1971), Polish freestyle swimmer * Krzysztof Czerwiński, Krzysztof Czerwinski (Krzysztof Czerwiński) (born 1980), Polish conductor, organist and voice teacher * Krzysztof Dabrowski (Krzysztof Dąbrowski) (born 1978), Polish footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capriccio For Violin And Orchestra (Penderecki)
The Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra is a composition by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. It is one of the five caprices that he composed and one of the two that he composed for a soloist with an orchestra, together with the ''Capriccio for Oboe and Eleven Instruments''. Composition This composition was finished in 1967 and was intended for performance in Donaueschingen, on October 22, 1967. On that occasion, Ernest Bour conducted the South West German Radio Orchestra, with Wanda Wilkomirska as the violin soloist. It was eventually dedicated to Heinrich Strobel and published by the Polish Music Publishing House and Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag and, later on, by Schott Music. Analysis This unusual composition takes 10 minutes to perform. It is score for a very large and powerful set of instruments. The list of instruments used in this piece is as follows: ;Woodwinds :4 flutes :4 oboes :3 clarinets in B :baritone saxophone :contrabass clarinet in B :3 bassoons :co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dream Of Jacob
''The Dream of Jacob'', also referred to as ''The Awakening of Jacob'' ( pl, Przebudzenie Jakuba), is a composition by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. It is scored for large orchestra and was finished in 1974. Conception and composition The work's original German title, ''Als Jakob erwachte aus dem Schlaf, sah er, daß Gott dagewesen war. Er hat es aber nicht gemerkt'' ("When Jacob woke from his sleep, he saw that God had been there. He had not known it."), is extracted from the Bible and can be found in . The work was commissioned for the Silver Jubilee of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, to whom it is dedicated, and was first performed in Monte Carlo on 14 August 1974, by the Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo under Stanislaw Skrowaczewski. It was eventually published by the Polish Music Publishing House and Schott Music. Analysis The composition is scored for three flutes, three oboes, three B clarinets, three bassoons (ten woodwind players also double ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosmogonia
''Kosmogonia'' is a composition by Krzysztof Penderecki. Kosmogonia (derived from cosmos) was commissioned by and in celebration of the United Nations twenty-fifth anniversary. It was then performed (on October 24, 1970) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with Zubin Mehta, the choir of Rutgers University and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Penderecki composed the work in his then avant-garde style. The work is written for an extensive line-up, both in choir and in orchestra: * soloists: soprano, tenor and bass * mixed choir: sopranos, alten, tenors, baritones * 4 flutes, of which 2 also piccolo, 4 oboes, 3 clarinets, 1 bass clarinets, 3 bassoons, 1 contra bassoon, 2 alto saxophones, 1 baritone saxophone * 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas * 4 male / female percussion, bass guitar, harp, celesta, harmonium, piano, organ * 24 violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos and 8 double bass The work was put on LP soon after the premiere by the Polish National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Natura Sonoris
''De natura sonoris'' (''On the nature of sound'') is the title of three works by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. ''De natura sonoris no. 1'' (the number was appended later) was composed in 1966. The title was inspired by Lucretius's '' De rerum natura'' (''On the nature of things''). As the title suggests, it is a vigorous exploration of wildly divergent orchestral effects and dynamics. It was premiered on 7 April 1966 at the International Festival of Contemporary Art in the French town of Royan. ''De natura sonoris no. 2'' was composed five years later to a commission by the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Penderecki again took up the theme of vividly contrasting orchestral colouration, including unusual percussive effects: an iron bar is struck by implements such as a hammer and a saw. It was premiered on 3 December 1971 at Juilliard under the conductor Jorge Mester. Both pieces are approximately eight minutes in length each, with ''De natura sonoris no. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saragossa Manuscript (film)
''The Saragossa Manuscript'' ( pl, Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, "The Manuscript found in Zaragoza") is a 1965 Polish film directed by Wojciech Has, based on the 1815 novel ''The Manuscript Found in Saragossa'' by Jan Potocki. Set primarily in Spain, it tells a frame story containing gothic, picaresque and erotic elements. In a deserted house during the Napoleonic Wars, two officers from opposing sides find a manuscript, which tells the tale of the Spanish officer's grandfather, Alphonso van Worden (Zbigniew Cybulski). Van Worden travelled in the region many years before, being plagued by evil spirits, and meeting such figures as a Qabalist, a sultan and a Romani person, who tell him further stories, many of which intertwine and interrelate with one another. The film was a relative success in Poland and other parts of socialist eastern Europe upon its release. It later also achieved a level of critical success in the United States, when filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fluorescences (Penderecki)
Released in November 1996, ''Fluorescences'' is an EP by the group Stereolab. All four of its tracks were later re-released on the ''Oscillons from the Anti-Sun'' compilation. The title track was voted number 20 in John Peel's Festive Fifty The Festive Fifty was originally an annual list of the year's 50 (though the exact figure varied above and below this number) best songs compiled at the end of the year and voted for by listeners to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show. It was usually do ... for 1996, and held the same position in 1997. A track would not usually be permitted to qualify for the Festive Fifty more than once; however, this result was allowed to stand. Track listing # "Fluorescences" – 3:23 # "Pinball" – 3:13 # "You Used to Call Me Sadness" – 5:10 # "Soop Groove #1" – 13:06 References External links * 1996 EPs Stereolab EPs {{Ep-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polymorphia
''Polymorphia'' (Many forms) is a composition for 48 string instruments (24 violins and 8 each of violas, cellos and basses) composed by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki in 1961. The piece was commissioned by the North German Radio Hamburg. It premiered on 16 April 1962 by the radio orchestra and was conducted by Andrzej Markowski. ''Polymorphia'' is dedicated to Hermann Moeck, the first of Penderecki’s editors in the West. At the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s, in Penderecki's post student years, he sought out new sonic and technical possibilities of instruments, particularly for strings,Danuta Mirka, ''The Sonoristic Structuralism of Krzysztof Penderecki''(Katowice: Music Academy in Katowice, 1997), 8 & 318–320 by unconventional means of articulation and peculiar treatment of sound-pitch. In doing so, Penderecki abandoned the traditional notation system and invented his own graphic notation, which was inspired by electroencephalograms. His earlier composit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima
(''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 string instruments'') , other_name = , year = , catalogue = , period = Contemporary, postmodernism , genre = Sonorism, avant-garde , style = Threnody , form = Orchestral piece , misc = Awards , dedication = Victims and ''Hibakusha'' of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima , publisher = Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne Polskie Nagrania Warszawa , duration = , premiere_date = , premiere_location = Warsaw Autumn Festival , premiere_conductor = Andrzej Markowski , premiere_performers = Krakow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', also translated as ''Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima'' ( pl, Tren pamięci ofiar Hiroszimy), is a musical composition for 52 string instruments composed in 1961 by Krzysztof Penderecki. Dedicated to the residents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaklasis
''Anaklasis'' is a composition for 42 string instruments and percussion, composed in 1960 by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. It was first performed at the Donaueschingen Festival in 1960. At this first performance, it was well received by the audience who demanded an encore.Avis The title of the piece, ''Anaklasis'' means "Refraction of Light". This idea is expressed through the continuous modulation of timbre in the piece. ''Anaklasis'' is also a metrical term used in Greek poetry. Penderecki's biographer, Wolfram Schwinger noted that, "Penderecki has indeed admitted, in his programme note for Donaueschingen 1960 when ''Anaklasis'' was first performed, that this metrical definition inspired the rhythmic procedure of the central section, and led to the ideas of rotation and arhythmical progressions as factors governing the rhythms generally."Schwinger, . History ''Anaklasis'' was first sketched and scored in the winter of 1959/60 during Penderecki's first visit to Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanations (Penderecki)
''Emanations'', also referred to by its original German title ''Emanationen'' or by its Polish title ''Emanacje'', is a composition for two orchestras by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Composed in 1958, it is one of his early compositions. Composition and premiere The composition was conceived and written in 1958 and won the second prize at the Polish Composers Union Young Composers Competition, in April 1959. It would eventually be premiered on September 7, 1961, at the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music. Michael Gielen conducted the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra for its premiere. It was dedicated to Tadeusz Ochlewski and was published by the Polish Music Publishing House and the Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag. Analysis ''Emanations'' is scored for two string orchestras that are tuned a minor second A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
