Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013)

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vandermolen

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January 26, 2014, 07:07:08 AM Last Edit: January 26, 2014, 07:09:08 AM by vandermolen
Kilar's 'Angelus' is a wonderful score, very much in the spirit of Gorecki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'. It is on Naxos:
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"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Florestan

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January 26, 2014, 07:20:04 AM
I like very much his Piano Concerto (his only work I've ever heard).

So he died recently? Sad news. May God rest his soul.

"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

vandermolen

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January 26, 2014, 09:36:42 AM
Quote from: Florestan on January 26, 2014, 07:20:04 AM
I like very much his Piano Concerto (his only work I've ever heard).

So he died recently? Sad news. May God rest his soul.

The film music with Dracula on is excellent, especially 'Death and the Maiden' (see above).
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Szykneij

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January 17, 2025, 09:56:50 AM
I'll be attending a concert next month that opens with Kilar's "Orawa". I was previously unfamiliar with the piece (as well as the composer) but I found an on-line performance that I thoroughly enjoyed. I'd appreciate recommendations for a recording if anyone has one.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige
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