Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Penderecki - Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima #60

Penderecki - Threnody To The Victims Of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
A Polish composer and conductor. He was a member of avant-garde music in the 1960s. Formation that brought him to international attention in Mourning: The Victims of Hiroshima for 52 stringed instruments. In 1960 in scoring and editing techniques with unconventional treatments as well as an exercise in writing pieces written for strings. He was originally known as 837 pieces. "Penderecki's own words, but," [cut] I thought only existed in a somewhat abstract way. When Jan Krenz recorded it and I can hear a real job, I was struck with emotion, I value. Think of it as a waste to hide, condemned the "number" to be. I searched for the association and, at the end, I decided to dedicate this Hiroshima victims. "



Players and their instruments of work and the informal notation, slap a bridge back to play games and fourth tone of the call for entries. The overall effect is really disconcerting. It is a simple piece of it, but it does put some music does not call the atomic bomb explosion of horrors, but it is strong and must not be ignored.

Penderecki has moved away from the avant-garde compositions, rich harmonies and tonality based on the realm of more traditional music. He was a good influence on avant-garde style and his more recent compositions, some of it back to back.





Penderecki's Threnody To The Victims Of  Hiroshima: