Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

[relm1]

I quite like Paradise Lost. 

[ChamberNut]

Quite enjoying Penderecki's second opera, and the music lives up to the expectation on its manner to describe demonic possession and exorcisms in events happened in a French town in 1632-38. Even though the music is dark and creepy, being attuned to his style for long I wasn't properly terrified, but the music itself does grip you, there are some harrowing effects from both the human voices and the orchestra.

Where did you end up finding this copy?

[Daverz]

Penderecki on the Jens & Joe Show:

[brewski]

On October 11, I'll hear Penderecki's Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos (2001) for the first time, with cellists Nicholas Canellakis, Yumi Kendall, and Christine Jeonghyoun Lee, the Curtis Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Christoph Eschenbach. If anyone has heard the piece, feel free to weigh in.

Looking forward to the Bruckner Third Symphony, too, but the Penderecki is the more interesting draw.

https://www.curtis.edu/event/eschenbach-leads-bruckner-2526/

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Penderecki on the Jens & Joe Show:

Oh, thanks so much for posting that here! Flattered and pleased. I hope you found it none-too-silly. 

And of course we keep on saying "Darmstadt" and we did, in fact, mean "Donaueschingen". Tsk tsk.