Penderecki: "De Natura Sonoris No. 1"

[123must]

Great ! Penderecki himself is conducting ?

Thanks

[neoplastik]

Sempre stra-ordinario...

THX 4 the video

[SuperRezyser]

I'd really like to hear this live, but it seems this piece is not played anymore

[pjyazoo527]

@SuperRezyser It'd definitely be difficult to seek out a performance of this piece, but I can say that I played it about a year and a half ago. It's not completely obsolete.

[BMNicolas]

You think MAYBE!? he should go to a doctor?

[Heinrockable]

REDRUM

[zenmachinefilms]

Awesome, and highly influential.

I was "forced" to listen to and study Penderecki (and other contemporaries) in college many moons ago, and hated most of it. But it put a seed in my mind, and that seed grew over the years into a huge tree. This is now arguably my favorite type of music.

[colqhounfucker]

it's odd, i feel like i want to die.

[lovesGenet]

I dont feel or see this as dark at all.It seems full of light their is light and heavy for me.Dens and sparse. Maybe listening to alot of music Varese,Boulez Berg,Stravinsky,Birtwhistle etc does not traditionalize or rob listener of initial human responses but gives them a more balanced ,informed continuum .My approach is not intellectual HERE. Withthis atmospheres,and threnody or pli selon pli I become a child again.I would love to see this notated.Must got to Univ of miami music library!

[logybear86]

You are now entering the Twilight Zone.

[Pulgex]

its like another reality, invisible but unscapble.

[bernar15993848]

viva Penderecki!!

[McSqueaky]

Forever... and ever... and ever...

[aoiniina]

every song i've heard of Penderecki is truly scary

[justap20]

Piękna ilustracja. Jestem zbudowana. GREAT !

[Saxation1]

Played this in orchestra....classic.

[XCantXEscapeXFateX]

I must know what symphony orchestra played this.

[NewMusicXX]

@XCantXEscapeXFateX It's the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra - the composer conducting

[blindmansarrow]

@NewMusicXX ACES UP!! Thank you so much

[TheBeerNut1]

Penderecki has composed music for the opening ceremony at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Also, he wrote the musical score for the Andrzej Wajda film "Katyn". I recommend this film and the music. Penderecki is one of my favourite composers.

[TheMouseAvenger]

@TheBeerNut1 Oh, sounds interesting! I'll have to check that out! :D

[ZJProz]

Penderecki....a man stands on a bridge...looking into the darkness below....a bird flies overhead....a car screeches to a halt.....three people jump out trying to stop the man from jumping......

[dmarcini88]

The shining + penderecki  = brillian idea!

[TheMouseAvenger]

@dmarcini88 Amen! ^_^

[MrPiano1994]

Have you by any chance got the sheet music, because i am very interested in how you write this 'extreme' music...as i don't know how to notate the harsh spiky sounds that come from the strings section.

[TheR3volutionary]

@MrPiano1994 Pendericki sometimes actually abandoned the traditional notation, so it is unlikely you will find sheet music, unless you play strings as well of course =)

[Saxation1]

@MrPiano1994 he used graphic notation to indicate what he wanted in every section of the orch. at one time or another throughout this piece (though he uses traditional Western notation as well).

[DerekBayRoberts1]

It's just music, "just like picture's in a book, it isn't real." It may be only pictures but very disturbing. I always call this "The Twins'Theme"

[Synobyte07]

"Danny! Danny boy... I'm right behind ya!"

[earlymusicof]

If it sounds too odd, start with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, and work your way through Bartok's string quartets (especially numbers 3 and 4), Prokofiev's 2nd symphony, Shostakovich's Fourth symphony, and then see if you can listen to Boris Tischenko's Cello Concerto. Listening to Schoenberg might help, and/or Anton Webern. You have to go gradually. See if you like the Scythian Suite, and then Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra. Soon you may be ready for K. Stockhausen.

[earlymusicof]

It only sounds dark if you are unaccustomed to the music of composers since Bartok. It is a liberation from the old sound, to which we are inured. It is beneficial to free oneself from old associations and tonalities, in order to appreciate composers like Messiaen, Scelsi, and those who bring us new scales. Listening to Indian and Chinese music can help too. It's liberation of the soul.

[TheMightyHartley]

@earlymusicof You're clearly well-versed in the history and theory of classical music, but I'd nevertheless disagree with your comment. If someone unaccustomed to this area of the genre describes Penderecki as 'dark', I'd value that judgement totally. They are approaching this music without 'baggage', and they're reacting to it on a natural, almost primeval level. Perhaps if you're able to categorise music into a historical context, you've lost sight of its initial, emotional power. It IS dark.

[DMenase24]

Even his first name looks Satanic... Anybody know why his music is SO dark and disturbing, especially given the fact that it was created long before The Shining?

[okayillgonow]

This makes me think of the very first scene of Cyborg 009 episode 1.

[SuicietyBoozer]

my beer drunk soul like this !

[neoplastik]

Uno dei più rivoluzionari composers del XXmo secolo.

[Zegismondo]

@neoplastik

I agree with you in that!

[havaniko777]

Genial !!!!!

[fkndookee]

Hello danny, come and play with us....

[HomelyCooking]

Forever...and ever...and ever....

[chapaitox]

2001, a space odissey.

[jackstein104]

remember this this shit from the shining, good shit!!

[arredifestivi]

capolavoro.

[havenogee]

I have to write an essay on this song for next week! any suggestions how to go about it??

[NewMusicXX]

Well, you might approach it this way: The name means "The Nature of Sound". Composers have always dealt with "sound", but have traditionally made an arbitrary distinction between "musical sound" (desirable) and "noise sound" (undesirable). You might say that with a piece like this, Penderecki is attempting to redefine what musical composition is by removing the distinction between "noise" and "music" sounds. All sounds are good and available for use in a musical composition. Good luck!

[havenogee]

Yea that sounds really good thanks very much! the hardest thing is starting an essay! cheers x

[emanonami]

@NewMusicXX Hah... That's really is not what Penderecki was doing. If you said it about John Cage, okay, but Penderecki? Not a chance.

[BachClarinet]

@NewMusicXX And also not call the piece a song. ¬¬

[lightseen]

It's very nice painting ws well.

does anyone know whose?

[adriantrench]

genius. the double surprise at the end is beautiful

[GreggaryPeccary]

Great!

I know, I'm a pain in the ass, but do you have stuff by Globokar? Would be highly interested!

[NewMusicXX]

I always enjoy hearing from you. I'll look. I might have to extract something from a tape, but I might be able to find something.

[GreggaryPeccary]

Delectable!

[GabrieleJim86]

wow! this song was used for Shining!!

[matteomaga3]

"song" is the wrong word!!!!!!!!!!

[GabrieleJim86]

eheh non hai tutti i torti! son più rumori che altro! comunque ci stavano bene questi "rumori" nel film! Wendy!!!

[matteomaga3]

No, mi son spiegato male. Song è la parola sbagliata perchè song, cioè canzone, si usa solo per un pezzo cantato. In tutti gli altri casi si usa "pezzo" o "composizione". Poiché la "musica", senza ulteriore specificazione, viene identificata dal pubblico con la pop music, e la pop music è fatta (quasi) solo di canzoni, ecco che si è presa l'abitudine di definire "canzone" (song) qualsiasi pezzo di musica. Ma naturalmente c'è una gran quantità di musica al di fuori della canzone.

[GabrieleJim86]

ah non ne ero a conoscienza, molto interessante! che dire.. ogni giorno si imparano cose nuove! grazie per la correzzione del termine e W le composizioni di Penderecki!

[syr1811]

Wow. His use of strings are Amazing. I play a little guitar, but don't read music at all. I find it remarkable that this stuff can be written down on a page of sheet music. Thanks so much for sharing this, and all this New Classical music. I'm still learning. I Really Love this stuff! Thanks a lot NewMusicXX, for this, and ALL the Great music you share. It is appreciated.

[galas06]

thank you!

[terrestial63]

thanks!!!!!!!!!