Gorecki

I've always liked the way the music ends up being part of Beethoven's 4th Piano concerto all along, in Gorecki's Lerchenmusik.

Salvati dunque e scolpati Matthew Guerrieri 2007

And also a video from Lamb, "Gorecki," which has just been stuck in my head ... no special reason:

Howard Hughes vs. a Wet and Chilly Spring greygirlbeast 2010

And also a video from Lamb, "Gorecki," which has just been stuck in my head ... no special reason:

Two videos. greygirlbeast 2010

And indeed, I do have some Pärt on a CD with Gorecki and Tavener.

A Quick Meme « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

"There is one theme through the whole of my work," Gorecki said in 1989, in a quotation I didn't have room to include in the obituary.

Henryk Gorecki, composer of 'Sorrowful Songs' Matt Schudel 2010

When Gorecki died this week, he was still the only living classical to have been on the pop charts -- hitting No. 6 in Britain -- and to have been No. 1 on the Billboard classical chart.

Henryk Gorecki, composer of 'Sorrowful Songs' Matt Schudel 2010

One of the revelations for me in writing about Gorecki was that he began his career as a composer of dissonant avant-garde works, then developed a more lyrical style that derived largely from his love of Polish folk music.

Henryk Gorecki, composer of 'Sorrowful Songs' Matt Schudel 2010

"There is one theme through the whole of my work," Gorecki said in 1989, in a quotation I didn't have room to include in the obituary.

Henryk Gorecki, composer of 'Sorrowful Songs' Matt Schudel 2010

In 1981, Gorecki pronounced "go-RETZ-kee" wrote a "Miserere" in support of Solidarnosc.

Remembering Gorecki in NoVa Anne Midgette 2010

When Gorecki died this week, he was still the only living classical to have been on the pop charts -- hitting No. 6 in Britain -- and to have been No. 1 on the Billboard classical chart.

Henryk Gorecki, composer of 'Sorrowful Songs' Matt Schudel 2010