I've just seen that Krzysztof Penderecki has died aged 86. I remember 50 years ago being bowled over by his St Luke Passion on a Polish double LP version under Henryk Czyz.
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The NYT obituary is here, very thorough. -
And here's the Guardian's:
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Very sad news
RIP
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Read of this on Richard Barrett's FB page. He linked to this in tribute:Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostRead of this on Richard Barrett's FB page. He linked to this in tribute:
Sad news indeed
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Me too.I remember........being bowled over by his St Luke Passion
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A little behind the times, The Times has an obituary for him today; I'm not able to share a link to it, unfortunately.Comment
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A few years ago I was at Bridgewater Hall for the composer conducting the UK première of his own Symphony No 7 ‘Seven Gates of Jerusalem’. He will be missed!
R-I-P
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