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    Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (Polish: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf pɛndɛˈrɛt͡skʲi] ; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known...
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    following is an incomplete list of works by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Source: The Most Valiant Knight, children's opera in 3 acts (1965)...
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  • collaboration with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, released on 29 March 2019 through Domino Recording Company. A performance...
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  • prominently used classical music, such as that of Gustav Mahler, Krzysztof Penderecki, György Ligeti, John Cage, Ingram Marshall, and Max Richter. In 1954...
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    Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (category Compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki)
    musical composition for 52 string instruments composed in 1961 by Krzysztof Penderecki. A threnody is a song or poem of mourning composed or performed as...
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    The Dream of Jacob (category Compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki)
    (Polish: Przebudzenie Jakuba), is a composition by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. It is scored for large orchestra and was finished in 1974. The work's...
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    and the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, one of Greenwood's greatest influences, released an album comprising Penderecki's 1960s compositions Polymorphia...
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    Polymorphia (category Compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki)
    each of violas, cellos and basses) composed by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki in 1961. The piece was commissioned by the North German Radio Hamburg...
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  • "Kanon" (for string orchestra) by Krzysztof Penderecki "Polymorphia" (for string orchestra) by Krzysztof Penderecki, Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted...
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    The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (Polish: Akademia Muzyczna im. Krzysztofa Pendereckiego w Krakowie) is a conservatory located in central...
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    the 20th century Polish opera was exported and composers such as Krzysztof Penderecki wrote operas in other languages (Ubu Rex, Die Teufel von Loudun)...
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  • Krzysztof Penderecki's Cello Concerto No. 1, originally titled Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra, Nr. 1, is a composition that was adapted from an...
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    Krzysztof Penderecki wrote his Seventh Symphony, subtitled "Seven Gates of Jerusalem", in 1996 to commemorate the third millennium of the city of Jerusalem...
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  • noble, politician and writer Krzysztof Ossoliński (1587–1645), Polish-Lithuanian szlachcic (nobleman) Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), Polish composer...
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    Dutilleux, Sofia Gubaidulina, Witold Lutosławski, Norbert Moret, Krzysztof Penderecki, André Previn, Wolfgang Rihm, Jörg Widmann, and John Williams. Mutter...
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    mass for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. The Lacrimosa, dedicated to the trade union leader Lech Wałęsa,...
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    Dutilleux, Witold Lutosławski, Olivier Messiaen, Luciano Berio, Krzysztof Penderecki, Alfred Schnittke, Norbert Moret, Andreas Makris, Leonard Bernstein...
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  • 1995 episode of Star Trek: Voyager Emanations (Penderecki), a 1958 composition by Krzysztof Penderecki "Emanation", a song by Immanuel Wilkins from The...
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  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Wojciech Kilar Witold Lutosławski Krzysztof Meyer Krzysztof Penderecki Bogusław Schaeffer Kazimierz Serocki Witold Szalonek (Granat...
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    with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki. Gibbons sang in Polish. The performance was released in 2019; reviewing...
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    Divertimento) is a composition for solo cello by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. The piece is well known for its typical chromatic melodies and for...
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    Cieniawa, Jerzy Trela, Jerzy Stuhr and Kevin Kenner. Under direction of Krzysztof Penderecki he studied interpretation of his music. He performed as a soloist...
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  • is a live album featuring debut performances of works by composer Krzysztof Penderecki and trumpeter and composer Don Cherry. It was recorded on October...
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    Competition in Brussels, Belgium in 2022 and first prize winner of the Krzysztof Penderecki Cello Competition in Kraków, Poland in 2018. Choi was born in Bielefield...
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    dissonant modernism and influenced by Luigi Nono, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Krzysztof Penderecki and Kazimierz Serocki. He continued in this direction throughout...
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    the playwright John Whiting, filmmaker Ken Russell, composers like Krzysztof Penderecki and Peter Maxwell Davies, as well as historian Jules Michelet and...
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    Out, My Soul", a popular paraphrase of the Magnificat, in 1962. Krzysztof Penderecki composed an extended Magnificat for the 1200th anniversary of the...
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  • Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra is a composition by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. It is one of the five caprices that he composed and one of the two...
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    Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki wrote his Symphony No. 2 during the winter of 1979–80. Sometimes referred to as the "Christmas Symphony" (the opening...
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  • Matins, is a set of two liturgical compositions by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. They were composed and premiered in 1970 and 1971. "Jutrznia" in...
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