Friday 4 November 2011

Ears bleeding for culture…

There's a piece about one of my favourite composers, Krzysztof Penderecki, in the Guardian today. He's the perfect example of late modernism. The theory goes that the world isn't a pretty, and coherent place. It's confused, confusing and filled with pain. Music shouldn't deny that, it should be honest. I must play some to my students…

Not being a fan of horror movies, I didn't realise that his work has been used widely in the genre, but I can understand why: here's his Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima. Don't have nightmares!



and a chunk from Polymorphia. I used to play these when I wanted everybody to go away. It always worked.

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