Krzysztof Penderecki compositional career is one of a move from the avant-garde of the 1960s, most famously the sonorist, graphic scores of such works as the Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima:
… and Polymorphia (here conducted by the composer):
… through to the occasional introduction of more traditional notation and texture that’s to be heard in his major religious work, the St. Luke Passion (you can hear the whole work by clicking here):
Finally, by the time of the Third Symphony (of eight), the traditional neo-Romantic elements had won out – no graphics, no cutaway just a normal – both acoustically and visually – symphonic score:
00:00 – Andante con moto
03:34 – Allegro con brio
14:50 – Adagio
26:29 – Passacaglia – Allegro moderato
33:04 – Scherzo – Vivace
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