We explore the traumatic events of Penderecki's upbringing, growing up as a boy in Nazi-German-occupied Poland from the ages of 6 to 12. How was his music a reaction to the events of the Second World War?
Further reading & listening:
Many thanks to the Penderecki estate for granting us permission to use extended parts of his music. Some of the pieces heard in this episode can be listened to in full elsewhere on the Internet:
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Transcription WCAG
A Polish translation of the audio can be found here.
Metamorphosen: Creativity and Intimacy
The Passion of St Luke: Belief and Redemption
Brigade of Death: Memory and Outrage
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima: Terror and Sorrow
Symphonies - Symphony No 7, 'Seven Gates Of Jerusalem'
Screen - Soundtrack to The Saragossa Manuscript
Aulodia / Ekecheiria: Polish Culture
A Polish Requiem: Nationhood
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