Penderecki: "Polish Requiem" - 11 - (Agnus Dei)

Krzysztof Penderecki: "Polnishes Requiem" - Agnus Dei

Soprano: Mariana Nicolesco
Alto: Jadwiga Rappe
Tenore: Zachos Terzakis
Bass: Malcolm Smith

Dirigent: Kr. Penderecki
Bamberger Symphoniker

Chor der Warschauer Nationalphilharmonie
Leitung: H.Wojnarowski

Krakow 15 Juni 1988
Life aus der St. Katharinenkirche

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Penderecki
• Polish
• Requiem
• Agnus
• Dei
• Bamberger
• Mariana
• Nicolesco
• Jadwiga
• Rappe
• Zachos
• Terzakis
• Malcolm
• Smith

[whythewar1]

@MrMerrick75 That doesn't mean they're aren't a lot of limitations, and I don't think anything really could explain what makes some music scary, what makes a human afraid of the dark? What makes people happy in the light? How do I answer a question like that.

[MrMerrick75]

@whythewar1

In what specific way is a given piece by Penderecki - "scary"? What would be the specific factor making it scary? Can one prove it's scary? Do you believe music necessarily is the expression of the composer's "internal feelings" about the political reality he lives in? (As I suggested before, P. seemed to do very well, financially and otherwise, also under communism. The communist state often very generously supported artists, their projects.)

[whythewar1]

@MrMerrick75 Hmm, I guess we interpret the music differently, I'm sure you've heard the Allegro Moderato, in his third Symphony, it's a very scary piece. A lot of his music is just as stomach churning, maybe his music shows some of his deep, internal feelings of his life under Communism? Also, to answer your question, I figured Shostakovitch would be a good example as to supreme anger and darkness in music.

[MrMerrick75]

@whythewar1

Numerous authors of comments from your country seem to be psychotic haters of Penderecki's music, or rather of Penderecki himself. The reason for this hate and vulgarity seems unmistakable. Where do you discern this alleged "anguish" in Penderecki's music? Isn't the music actually full of immense optimistic vitality? Penderecki seems always to have had a very good life, also under communism. And why do you associate Penderecki with "Shostakovitch"?

[whythewar1]

@MrMerrick75 No, I mean, I love his music - and its so not because he's polish, but, he has serious... anguish in his music - more so then Shostakovitch, which leads me to believe he hasn't had the best life in the world, and what about my statement has anything against the Polish?

[MrMerrick75]

@whythewar1

What specific "problems" do you mean? Maybe it's you who have "problems" - e.g. a racist Polonophobic attitude?

[whythewar1]

Penderecki, has problems, SERIOUS problems.

[ourico84]

My choir won a competition with this - twice, and sung this at the anniversary events of the December 80' in Poland

[diversified21]

my choir sang it and when i heard it in a polish film 'Katyń'... it really moved me

[Shinofan02]

It isPenderecki conducting this.