Fans of David Lynch’s work will recognize Penderecki’s “Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima” as the soundtrack to “Twin Peaks: The Return” (in)famous Episode 8:
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Krzysztof Penderecki has died
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#12My 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 tes…
> My first thought was: "Has this death relation to Covid-19?"
Oh come on, he was 86. At that age virtually anything and everything can cause one to die.
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#13The Cello concerto no. 2 is his first work I listened to and still holds a special place for me:
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#14Right before the Corona lockdown there was a concert announced with him as conductor, for a late piece of him. About a month ago. In our city which is about an hour away from the place where he lives in Poland. Unfortunately he didn't show up. We already thought, how bad, he's probably not feeling well. I had this bad feeling already then.
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#15My 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 tes…
Penderecki's "long illness" has been common knowledge in the classical music world for some time now, and the composer has been forced to cancel many engagements and commissions over the last couple of years due to ill health, well before Covid-19 was ever a thing.
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#16I never hear anyone mention his Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra, which I tend to think is kind of a masterpiece of its type, for what that's worth.
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#17What 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…
that video really shows what orchestration means.
Re: Krzysztof Penderecki has died
#18What 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…
This used to be my ringtone back in the days before everything went on vibrate. Got a lot of pained expressions from people!
Re: Krzysztof Penderecki has died
#19What 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…
For another amazing visual accompaniment to this amazing piece, see David Lynch's take from S3E8 of the "new" Twin Peaks.
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#20My 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 tes…
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2020#29
That wikipedia link has 108 references to COVID-19, wow...