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| Composer | Górecki, Henryk (1933-2010) |
| Period | 20th century |
| Year | 1976 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Letting Górecki’s music do the work: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
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House debutants, soprano Nicole Chevalier and conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, excel in Isabella Bywater's Górecki staging to close English National Opera's season.
A century of independence marked in Szczecin
The highlight of a week-long musical project of the Szczecin Philharmonic entitled We are at home, a celebratory performance of Górecki's Symphony No. 3 by Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Wojciech Michniewski.
Remembrance from Pole to Pole
Elizabeth Atherton sang with a keening intensity, and gave a voice to every grieving mother and child.
Music in memory of the Second World War in Montréal
On this Montréal concert, visiting conductor Cristian Măcelaru presented Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs to mark the 70th anniversary of World War II
The Rest is Noise: Sublime Polish melodies
Southbank Centre's The Rest is Noise festival continued its focus on politics and spirituality with Henryck Górecki's popular Third Symphony, coupled with Krzysztof Penderecki's lesser-known Violin Concerto – but it was the latter work which fared better.