Krzysztof Penderecki has died
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Krzysztof Penderecki has died
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#2What an absolute legend, his music was like nothing else that came before. Rest in peace.
In case you're not familiar with his work - one of the best known pieces is the "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". Here you can see it overlaid on top of the notation he had invented to write this composition down: https://youtu.be/HilGthRhwP8
Wikipedia page on the piece: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threnody_to_the_Victims_of_H...
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Re: Krzysztof Penderecki has died
#4What an absolute legend, his music was like nothing else that came before. Rest in peace. In case you're not familiar with his work - one of the best known pieces is the "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". Here you can see it overlaid on top of the notation he had invented to write this composition down: https://youtu.be/HilGthRhwP8 Wikipedia page on the piece: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threnody_to_the_Vic…
My friend used to have a playlist on iTunes called "sleep mix". 3-4 hours of lullabies, Satie, harp music, etc.
The last track? The Penderecki Threnody
RIP
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#5The first piece of his I heard is still my favorite: "Stabat Mater" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f403XsOAFXE
It uses such a great palette of composition techniques — gregorian chant, unison passages, clusters (the bell-like effects he achieves with clusters are my favorite part of the piece), up to the surprise effect at the end.
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#6My first thought was: "Has this death relation to Covid-19?"
And just found an answer:[0]
> Penderecki had been tested for coronavirus after his carer was diagnosed with the illness, but the composer's result was negative, his daughter Beata Penderecka told Reuters.[1]
> Part of the family had been under quarantine at home after attending a family meeting on March 7, Penderecka said. Several people present later tested positive for coronavirus.
> Elzbieta Penderecka, the composer's wife tested negative, Beata Penderecka said.
UPD: On Wikipedia there no info about his "long illness".[2]
JFTR, My Personal Opinion: Tests which used now around the world for Covid-19 testing has NO 100% guaranties on its results.
[0] https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/03/29/polish-compos...
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/poland-music-penderecki/upda...
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#7Time to play Lacrimosa.
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#8One of the real banner carriers for contemporary orchestral music. Rip.
Re: Krzysztof Penderecki has died
#9What an absolute legend, his music was like nothing else that came before. Rest in peace. In case you're not familiar with his work - one of the best known pieces is the "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". Here you can see it overlaid on top of the notation he had invented to write this composition down: https://youtu.be/HilGthRhwP8 Wikipedia page on the piece: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threnody_to_the_Vic…
I’ll never forget being introduced to this piece in my first semester of music college. It was at the weekly composition departmental, we were going to listen to a few pieces and discuss. When the professor played this it shattered my naive jazz/classical/pop perception of composition!
Re: Krzysztof Penderecki has died
#10What an absolute legend, his music was like nothing else that came before. Rest in peace. In case you're not familiar with his work - one of the best known pieces is the "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima". Here you can see it overlaid on top of the notation he had invented to write this composition down: https://youtu.be/HilGthRhwP8 Wikipedia page on the piece: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threnody_to_the_Vic…
What a colossal effort to make this animation! I'm seriously impressed. Thank you for pointing this out.