Henryk Górecki

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (pronunciation: ), born the December 6th 1933 with Czernica in the south of the Poland, is a Compositeur Polish of Modern music.

Biography

Górecki started with truly studying the music only starting from the middle of the years 1950 with the higher Academy of Katowice near B. Szabelski. The type-setter will finish his studies with Paris with the beginning of the year 1960, where it will on the occasion to hear Anton Webern, Olivier Messiaen and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Consequently, it will pass the majority of its time to Poland, to teach the music and especially to compose a work deeply marked by the culture and the heart of its country, although extremely avant-gardist.

In spite of its international recognition, Górecki remains turned towards its country. Adrian Thomas: “The musical past of Poland, its Church and its traditional culture are the rock inébranlable on which its identity, its authentic heritage, like those of its country, are founded. ”

Górecki is married with the pianist Jadwiga Ruranska, it is the father of two children: his/her Anna daughter is pianist and her son Mikolaj type-setter.

Style

The music of Górecki covers a broad variety of styles, but it tends to being harmonically very simple. Its first works approach the Sérialisme to Pierre Boulez and others, but thereafter it will be more often brought closer to the Minimalisme. Following the example Arvo Pärt, with which it is sometimes compared, its music often reflects its catholic faith (for example, the Miserere opus 44, part for chorus of 1981).

Its most known work until now is its Symphonie nº3 for orchestra and soprano, opus 36 (1976), known as of the plaintive songs . It is made up of three movements. The song of the first movement, lento - sostenuto tranquillo my cantabile , is a lamentation of the 15th century, the second movement, lento E largo - tranquillissimo , sings inscriptions found on the wall of a prison of the Gestapo to Zakopane, and the third movement, lento - cantabile-semplice , takes again a traditional song. All length, the music is slow and contemplative with the first movement taking the form of a gun for cords of more than half of the total duration of work. This one generally extends over approximately 50 minutes.

Relatively little known in Occident before, it is the unexpected success of the recording of the Third Symphony by the London Sinfonietta, directed by David Zinman and with Dawn Upshaw (soprano), and distributed by the label Elektra Nonesuch (Warner) in 1992 which ensured the notoriety of Henryk Górecki near a public which exceeds that of the music lovers contemporary.

For example the headlight group of the Post-rock'n'roll Godspeed You! Black Emperor used a long time like titrates alternate of its piece Moya the name of the type-setter: the sequence of the agreements is similar there to the first movement of the third symphony.

Works

Four Preludes COp 1 for piano (1955)
Sonata for piano nº1 op.6 (1956)
Songs on the joy and the rate/rhythm op.7 for two piano and chamber orchestra (1959-1960)
Sonata op.10 for two violins (1957)
Concert for five instruments and a quartet of bows op.11 (1957)
Epitaph op.12 for mixed chorus and an instrumental unit (1958)
Five Parts op.13 for two pianos (1959)
Symphony nº1 “1959” COp 14 for orchestrates bows and percussion (1959)
Three Diagrams op.15 for flute alone (1959)
Monologhi instrumental op.16 for soprano and three units (1960)
Scontri COp 17 for orchestra (1960)
Diagramme IV op.18 for flute alone (1961)
Genesis - I. Elementi per tre archi op19. nº1 (1962)
Genesis - II. Canti strumentali per 15 esecutori op.19 nº2 (1962)
Genesis - III. Monodramma per soprano, metalli di percussione E sei violbassi op.19 nº3 (1963)
Three parts in the old style for orchestra of bows (1963)
Choros I op.20 per strumenti AD arco (1964)
Refrain op.21 for orchestra (1965)
the musiquette COp 22 per two trumpets and guitar (1967)
the musiquette II COp 23 per 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 pianos and percussion (1967)
Musique of old Poland op.24 for instrument with air and bows (1967-1969)
The musiquette III op.25pour viola (1967)
Cantata op.26 for organ (1968)
Canticum graduum op.27 for orchestra (1969)
the musiquette “concert of trombone” op.28 for clarinet, trombone, violoncello and piano (1970)
AD matrem op.29 for soprano solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1971)
Two hymns op.30 for baritone solo and orchestra (1971)
Symphony nº2 op.31 for soprano and baritone solo, mixed chorus and orchestra (1972)
Euntes ibant and flebant op.32 for chorus mixed cappella (1972-1973) has
Amen op.35 for mixed chorus has cappella (1975)
Symphonie nº3, “Symphony of the plaintive songs” op.36 for soprano solo and orchestra (1976)

Beatus to vir op.38 psalm for baritone solo, mixed chorus and full orchestra (1979)

Concert for harpsichord (or piano) and orchestere symphonic op.40 (1980)

Chants blessed of raspberry op.43 for voice and piano (1980)

Miserere op.44 for mixed chorus has cappella (1981-1987)

Chants for the poetry of Juliusz Slowacki COp 48 for voice and piano (1983)

Recitativa I ariosa “Lerchenmusik” op.53 for clarinet, violoncello and piano (1984-1985)

mariaux Chants op.54 five songs for mixed chorus has cappella (1985)

O dominated will nostra op.55 - Méditation on Notre Dame de Jasna Gora for soprano solo and organ (1982-1985)

Under your defense op.56 song marial for mixed chorus of 8 votes has cappella (1985)

the bells sound angelus domini op.57 for mixed chorus has cappella (1986)

For you, Anne-Lill op.58 for flute and piano (1986)

Totus Tuus op.60 for mixed chorus has cappella (1987)

" Przybądź Duchu Święty" " Come Esprit Saint" op.61 (1988)

the night falls. Quartet of bows nº1 op.62 for mixed chorus (1988)

Good night op.63 for soprano, alto flute, 3 tom-toms and piano (1988-1990)

Intermezzo for piano (1990)

Quasi una fantasia. Quator of bows nº2 op.64 (1990-1991)

Concerto-Cantata op.65 for flute alone and orchestra (1991-1992)

Small requiem for Polish a op.66 (Kleines requiem für eine hammer) for piano and 13 instruments (1993)

Part for string four-bit byte (1993)

Three parts for texts of Stanislaw Wypianski for voice and piano (1996)

Salvo sidus polonorium. Cantata on Saint-Adalbert op.72 for great mixed chorus, two pianos, organ and together of percussion instruments (1997-2000)

Quartet of bows nº3 (1999)

Lobgesang for mixed chorus and bells of orchestra (1999)

Niech nam zya I apewaja (song of wedding) for vocal unit (2000)

Hej, Z góry, Z góry! Koniku bury (my horse advances), five songs of the area of Kurpie for chorus has cappella (2002)

External bonds

Biography on the site of the Institute Adam Mickiewicz

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