Krzysztof Penderecki

In his choice of the title La Follia, Krzysztof Penderecki recalls the tradition of virtuosic variations on a Sarabande originating from the Baroque period. The theme is introduced first in pizzicato,...

Penderecki's St. Luke's Passion is one of the most important chorals works of the 20th century. It is the first convincing piece that combines avant-garde techniques with liturgical content. At one mo...

Agnus Dei from the Polish Requiem for eight-part choir was written after the death of the Primate of the Polish Catolic Church Stefan Wyszynski. It is slow in tempo, supplicatory in nature and quasi-t...

This piece requires a smaller woodwind-brass ensemble without percussion. Penderecki composed the Fanfare for a parish fair in Poland. This short effective piece will be a pleasure to rehearse and per...

Krzysztof Penderecki wrote Agnus Dei in 1981 after receiving the news of the death of his friend Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, a symbolic figure of the spiritual resistance against the Communist regime o...

Krzysztof Penderecki wrote Agnus Dei in 1981 after receiving the news of the death of his friend Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, a symbolic figure of the spiritual resistance against the Communist regime o...

Penderecki dedicated the last composed part of Polish Requiem to his contemporary Pope John Paul II. After several arrangements, the version for six violoncellos premiered in 2015 is now published as...

A work by Krzysztof Penderecki has until now been missing from the solo guitar repertoire. The arrangements published here were created in 2015 after a meeting of guitarist Lukasz Kuropaczewski and Ma...

Das Originalwerk zu dieser Bearbeitung ist die Ciaccona für Streichorchester aus dem Jahre 2005, die aus Anlass des Todes Papst Johannes Paul II. entstand. Als instrumentales Zwischenspiel hat sie der...

Der deutsche Jazz-Pianist und Echo-Preisträger Tim Allhoff präsentiert mit seinem Arrangement von Pendereckis 'Aria' ein schlichtes, von einer zeitlosen Eleganz geprägtes Klavierstück, dass sowohl für...

Für 2 Kinder- oder Frauenchöre (SA/SSAA).

Penderecki has already added a cadenza to Haydn's Trumpet Concerto to our successful Cadenza series. What was so special about it was the use of the two orchestra horns in the trumpet cadenzas. With B...

This sextet is one of Penderecki's weightier contributions to the chamber music canon. The two expansive movements, Allegro moderato and Larghetto, are strongly subdivided and structured by means of d...

Ein Werk von Krzysztof Penderecki fehlte bisher im Repertoire der Solo-Gitarre. Die hier veröffentlichten Bearbeitungen entstanden 2015 nach einem Treffen des Gitarristen Lukasz Kuropaczewski und Maes...

Penderecki wrote this work for the brass players of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In Penderecki's typical way of composing this piece is finest, highly inspired brass music.There are a horn and a...

This short effective piece would be a pleasure to rehearse and perform by any wind orchestra. It begins with a simple one-part melody by the trumpets, and is gradually joined by all other parts. In th...

Penderecki wrote this work for the brass players of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. In Penderecki's typical way of composing this piece is finest, highly inspired brass music.There are a horn and a...

Scritto per 24 violini, 10 viole, 10 violoncelli e 8 contrabbassi, THRENODY TO THE VICTIMS OF HIROSHIMA era originariamente intitolato 8'37 quando Krzysztof Penderecki lo compose nel 1961. Un'opera sc...