Penderecki's Devil

[MDL]

A couple of months ago I re-read one of Czyz's memoirs, and to my complete astonishment discovered that he gives in it a pretty precise account of his own falling out with Penderecki. This was quite a shock, as I had read the book before (though, admittedly, quite a few years earlier) and had absolutely no memory of reading that story - all I did remember was Ludwik Erhardt's book about Penderecki (which I must have read later), where the whole matter is presented in a very vague, ambiguous manner.

Obviously, Czyz is not an impartial observer (though, personally, I trust him 0:)), but he does give a lot of details.

Anyway, you can find my rendition of his version of the story here:
Part I
Part II.

Absolutely fascinating stuff. Thanks for posting this. Did you translate it yourself? Thanks for the effort.

[Maciek]

Thanks. I did translate it myself - it was quite a lot of fun actually, though I'm sure the results could have been better...