Gorecki - Part 3 The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs: DOCUMENTARY / PERFORMANCE

Part 3 of a film by Tony Palmer celebrating the Polish composer Gorecki.
'The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' with soprano Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Zinman.
The following film is presented for educational and non-commercial use only. All copyrights belong to the artist / BBC.
The following film is presented for educational and non-commercial use only. All copyrights belong to the artist / BBC.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Symphony
• of
• Sorrowful
• Songs
• Gorecki
• David
• Zinman
• Dawn
• Upshaw
• London
• Sinfonietta
• Holocaust

[colincomposer]

One cannot help but feel if these harrowing images had been shown at the first performance there would have been no negative reviews - just the opposite.

[romfordjohn]

Never again....

[YourOwnParents]

this fragment was ruined by not-literal translation. sounds extremely poetic and intense in Polish, I ensure. to nie jest żużel to nie jest piasek to nie jest ziemia; to są ludzie...! It's not a slag It's not a sand It's not an earth; This is people...! I mean, he had quite big problems with outspeaking ( emotions...) so he balanced these problems with beautiful pronounciation emphasis, charisma. Exceptional.