It is a mystery to me why the great composers have left st luke s passion largely alone. Doctor of musical arts performance, may 2014, 56 pp. Like bach, the st luke passion is divided into two parts which contain a total of 27 movements. I then came under the spell of his polymorphia for 48 strings, which swells into a crescendo of white noise before ending on a c major chord. Krzysztof penderecki b1933 first came to international prominence with his threnody for the victims of hiroshima of 1960 track 2 on disc 1 of this set. Penderecki likens the devils of loudun, which he considers more oratorio than opera, to the st. Krzysztof penderecki, polish composer with cinematic flair. Penderecki gained a reputation with a wider public with the premiere of the st luke passion in munster cathedral in 1966. As a young experimental composer in poland, he garnered attention in 1960 with his threnody for the victims of hiroshima, a startling piece for string orchestra that sounds otherworldly still, and his reputation went on to grow as he wrote bigger works like the st. Anglopolish forces triumph in pendereckis st luke passion. The polish composer taught at the folkwang hochschule in essen from 1966 to 1968. Luke s passion, which makes free use of gregorian chant and tone rows.
The boldly original choral writing including such astonishing voicings as the tibetan monklike growling that features throughout the work and visceral orchestral effects powerfully. Luke passion reflects the composers own devout faith, but one does not need to be a believer to respond to this score. If you want to buy more than one item, add an item to your shopping cart, come back here by clicking you back button and add more items. Luke passion the evangelist speaks rather than sings, and the spoken part is often set simultaneously with sung parts.
After achieving fame with such astringent, often anguished, scores as his threnody for the victims of hiroshima 1960 and passion according to st. Luke passion and seven gates of jerusalem, though his range was much wider. With sonorism, by contrast, in place of melody, harmony, meter and rhythm, the sound value became the primary tectonic factor, and it ruled over or even ousted other musical parameters. The music, dedicated to pendereckis wife, elzbieta, was written for boys choir, three mixed choirs, three solo voices soprano, baritone and bass, reciter and symphony orchestra, and uses the latin text of the gospel according to st luke, with inserts from lent hymns, psalms and lamentations. Fifty years after pendereckis landmark work first shocked the festival hall, the st luke passion still has plenty of emotional power and unflinching directness. Kent nagano will conduct the montreal symphony orchestra and the chor filharmonii krakowskiej, joined by soprano sarah wegener, baritone lucas meachem and bass matthew rose. Lukas passion passio domini nosteri jesu christi secundum lucam. Luke passion 1 dominick diorio procedures concerning melody, rhythm, and harmony. And it left audiences reeling with emotion and disbelief.
Luke passion, stabat mater, and polish requiemhorror film scores. Mar 29, 2020 penderecki was best known for his monumental compositions for orchestra and choir, like st. Recorded in 1989 in the cathedral of christ the king, katowice, poland. Penderecki himself has conducted his passion, and recorded it most recently in the late 1980s. Luke passion is stylistically varied, possessing aspects of traditional harmony and melody.
Luke passion played which you composed when you were 30 and which, in communist poland of. Warsawkrakow reuters polands krzysztof penderecki, one of the worlds most celebrated composers, died on sunday at the age of 86, his family said. That they listen to him spellbound, even when he does not cajole their ear, is a confirmation of this. Penderecki was best known for his monumental compositions for orchestra and choir, like st. Felix mendelssohn famously offered to hang himself if it was really by bach, on the strength of one chorale. Penderecki gained a reputation with a wider public with the premiere of the st luke passion in munster cathedral. Passio et mors domini nostri jesu christi secundum lucam, or the passion and death of our lord jesus christ according to st luke is a work for chorus and orchestra written in 1966 by polish composer krzysztof penderecki, which, considered within the context of the officially atheistic polish peoples republic and other eastern bloc countries, makes its.
At only two points, at the end of the piece and it the conclusion of the climactic stabat mater does penderecki resolve the music into a chord in the major key. Nevertheless, in a pinch, especially as the penderecki performance no longer seems to be available, the naxos is a viable option, and one cant beat the asking price. Fans of the bach passions will readily note the differences. Germany 1685 1750 7076 sheet music 7756 mp3 1469 midi. When pendereckis st luke passion was premiered in 1966, it left avantgarde critics lost for words.
Penderecki st luke passion krzysztof penderecki s setting of the passion story as told in the gospel of st luke was premiered in 1966 and immediately e. The striking clarity of this revolutionary score, the logic behind the. Unlike bach, penderecki wrote both the text and the music, and the text is in latin, not german. Thats partly because the st luke passion, by polish composer krzysztof penderecki, so rarely hits the uk, but it probably had more to. With a large orchestra, full choir, boys choir, narrator and. Luke passion, completed in 1966, was a breakthrough piece for penderecki, proving he was much more than a trendy avantgardist. Contemporary classical music isnt supposed to feel like this. Apr 01, 2015 it is a mystery to me why the great composers have left st lukes passion largely alone. Pendereckis passion thus avoids the contentious issues that continue to be argued about bachs music. Luke passion, or seven gates of jerusalem, though his range was much wider. The file extension pdf and ranks to the documents category. Krzysztof penderecki, polish composer known for his. Krzysztof penderecki st luke passion 1990, cd discogs. Start studying mus 455 final exam krzysztof penderecki.
Still, it was compositions from the wild first decade of his career, including threnody for the victims of hiroshima 1960, polymorphia 1961 and the st. One would not know that from the degree to which the work has been recorded. Lukaspassion, bwv 246 bach, johann sebastian imslp. Luke passion, and after listening to it for the first time tonight, i was completely blown away by it. Full title of the work is passio et mors domini nostri jesu christi secundum lucam but the release is simply titled st luke passion. Luke passion of the polish composer krzysztof penderecki. Luke passion by krzysztof penderecki recording 1 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 1,303 worldcat member libraries worldwide. The score specifically calls for three mixed choirs, boys choir, and a huge orchestra. The guardian has called him polands greatest living composer. Although some of pendereckis devices are in fact modern tone clusters, glissandi, extended vocal techniques, and the like, the st. Krzysztof pendereckis polymorphia and fluorescences a. Luke passion klosinska, kruszewski, tesarowicz, kolberger, warsaw national philharmonic, wit pendereckis st luke passion takes as its model the passions of bach, the events leading up to the crucifixion related in an ongoing sequence of narratives, arias and choruses.
Its stark simplicity and directness attracted worldwide attention and it was quickly performed many times in europe and the usa. Luke passion 1966, was an atonal setting of the passion story, and a rare religious work in poland at a time when the state was officially atheist. Luke passion, polish requiem, anaklasis and utrenja. Krzysztof penderecki s setting of the passion story as told in the gospel of st luke was premiered in 1966 and immediately established a place for itself among the most important largescale choral works of the twentieth century. Penderecki composed four operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a. A composer praises god as one who lives in darkness the. The passion of krzysztof penderecki resident advisor. Krzysztof penderecki krzysztof penderecki was born on 23 november 1933 in debica poland.
Here is an alphabetical listing of wellrespected krzysztof penderecki sheet music editions, penderecki scores, penderecki songbooks, collections and arrangements available 77 in all. Luke s passion and threnody for the victims of hiroshima, penderecki is. Luke passion s most obvious bachinspired features are its twopart structure and its alternation of narrated action with sung reflection. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Luke passion has only been recorded in its entirety three times. Bachs own handwriting, but the score is by some lesser composer. The st luke passion is a work for chorus and orchestra written in 1966 by polish composer krzysztof penderecki, which, considered within the context of the. Luke passion passio et mors domini nostri iesu christi secundum lucam, an album by krzysztof penderecki, stefania woytowicz, bernard ladysz, andrzej hiolski, leszek herdegen, henryk czyz, krakow philharmonic orchestra on spotify. Pendereckis scores have often been quoted in movies, most famously in the shining. Despite its radical nature the dynamics are extreme, st. This lead to more success with the choral work st luke s passion. Luke passion is the best on records, and the wit, while good, doesnt quite rise to the challenge.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Luke passion is, well, passionately devout, and worthy of bach in both its integrity and in its workmanship. An avantgarde composer who exploded onto the classical music world in the 1960s with works like polymorphia, st. Remembering famed composer penderecki, tfos firstever. Penderecki there is document penderecki available here for reading and downloading.
The exorcist, the shining, shutter islandthrenody to the victims of hiroshima. What is suprising is that its very modern and mostly atonal musical language was the type of thing that usually drove audiences from the halls back then. Krzysztof penderecki obituary classical music the guardian. It is a piece unlike any that i have heard so far and it commanded my full attention for its entire 76 minutes. Hes fusing sacred themes and the avant garde, namely serialism, which was a big deal in the late 60s. Luke passion was the work that brought penderecki to audiences outside of poland in the 1960s. There are no chorales in the st luke, only the standalone choruses and turba crowd choruses. Johannespassion, bwv 245 bach, johann sebastian imslp. I recently acquired krysztof penderecki s choral piece, st. With a duration of 77, it easily fits onto a single disc.
Luke passion classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for william friedkins the exorcist, stanley kubricks the shining and david lynchs wild at heart, for his threnody for. Pendereckis score breaks out of the ivory tower of new music with tremendous force and turns to preach to the whole of humanity. Krzysztof penderecki, influential polish composer, dead at. Luke passion, by contrast, there are no exquisitely polished subtleties, no lart pour lart. Penderecki passio et mors domini nostri lesu christi secundum lucam by krzysztot penderecki a work for three solo voices, narrator, boys choir, three mixed choirs and symphony orchestra, dedicated.
Passio et mors domini nostri jesu christi secundum lucam. Pendereckis st luke passion takes as its model the passions of bach, the events leading up to the crucifixion related in an ongoing sequence of narratives, arias and choruses. Other works by penderecki premiered in 1962 were string quartet no. Use the download button below or simple online reader. Among his best known works are his threnody to the victims of hiroshima, st. Luke passion, utrenja and polish requiem, among many others. Luke passion, penderecki the superbly gifted musician, who at the end of the 1950s had won all three top prizes at a composers competition in poland with three anonymously submitted scores had truly happened on his subject, as the german writer ulrich dibelius later commented, had found a means of expression which only. St luke passion at royal festival hall startlingly. On 14 july, pendereckis seminal work st lukepassion will be performed. Among his best known works are threnody to the victims of hiroshima, symphony no. Matthew passions stand among the greatest pieces of religious music in the history of western civilization, and penderecki s passion certainly bears the marks of bachs influence. Luke passion passio et mors domini nostri jesu christi secundum lucam is considered by many to be a landmark work in the history of twentieth century. Mus 455 final exam krzysztof penderecki flashcards quizlet. One of the first of these, a unesco prize, went to his most famous early composition before the st luke passion, his threnody to the victims of hiroshima 1960.
May 06, 2009 sounds new, canterburys contemporary music festival, has focused on postwar polish work this year, culminating in a performance of penderecki s st luke passion with forces from poland conducted. Sounds new, canterburys contemporary music festival, has focused on postwar polish work this year, culminating in a performance of penderecki s st luke passion with forces from poland conducted. Luke passion 1966 takes the passions of bach as its models, refashioning them in an unrelentingly modernist 20thcentury language. Conventional wisdom dictates that pendereckis own 1989 recording of the st. In this lenten season and given the furor over mel gibsons passion of the christ a new recording of penderecki s landmark st. Penderecki made a tremendous variety of contributions to the cello repertoire. Judging by the standing ovation for the 83yearold composer, it still attracts plenty of admirers too. Commissioned by the westdeutschen rundfunk orchestra, st lukepassion. Passion 1966, where tonal references scattered throughout the score aid in foreshadowing the oratorios final e major triad.
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