Maciej Tworek
"He surprised me with his openness, the warmth of his character and the way he approached the world," says Maciej Tworek, a conductor, lecturer at the Academy of Music in Cracow and long-time assistant to the composer.
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- Anne-Sophie Mutter
- Cognac from Mrs Solecka
- Arto Noras
- A Malczewski at the Price of a Wardrobe
- Drafting New Music on the Beach
- A Journey to Italy
- A Spontaneous Agnus Dei
- Chagall, Picasso, or Dalí?
- Szymon Nehring
- The Elopement of Stefania Szylkiewicz
- All of Bergers’ Trees
- Winnetou’s Adventures in German
- All of Malczewski Landscapes
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- Stabat Mater
- The Avant-Garde on the Danube
- Three Pieces in Old Style: Aria
- St. Luke Passion: Miserere
- Kubrick’s Hot Theme
- Violin Concerto No. 1
- A Symphony for Trees
- Polish Requiem: Agnus Dei
- Polish and American Horrors
- Viola Concerto
- Song of Cherubim
- Infidels in Lusławice
- Sinfonietta No. 2
- Composing the Garden
- Seven Gates of Jerusalem: De profundis
- Symphony No.8 ‘Songs of Transience’
- The Symphony as an Ark
- Kaczka pstra (The Speckled Duck)
- In Pyjamas to the Park
- Horn Concerto ‘Winterreise’
- Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
- Anaklasis
- Capriccio
- Cello Concerto No. 1
- Symphony No. 3: 4th movement (Passacaglia)
- Paradise Lost: Adagietto
- I Sinfonietta
- Ciaccona in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II
- A Sea of Dreams Did Breathe on Me... Songs of Reflection and Nostalgia
- Rostropovich’s kisses and champagne
- Poems and Chopin
- Horns and sauerkraut
- Brain waves and sound waves
- The haunting motif of the Adagietto
- The fallible Pope
Stabat Mater
Three Pieces in Old Style: Aria
St. Luke Passion: Miserere
Violin Concerto No. 1
Polish Requiem: Agnus Dei
Viola Concerto: part no. 6 (Vivo)
Song of Cherubim
Sinfonietta No.2: movement I, Notturno – Adagio
Symphony No. 7 ‘Seven Gates of Jerusalem’: De profundis
Symphony No.8 ‘Lieder der Vergänglichkeit’, Song No. 4, Bei einer Linde
The Speckled Duck
Horn Concerto ‘Winterreise’
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Anaklasis
Capriccio
Cello Concerto No. 1
Symphony No. 3: 4th movement (Passacaglia)
Paradise Lost: Adagietto
I Sinfonietta: Allegro molto
Ciaccona in memoriam Giovanni Paolo II
To the Polish pine found in a garden of Chatenay
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- String Quartet No. 3 ‘Leaves of an unwritten diary’
The Labirynth.05
Visit one of Europe’s largest garden labyrinths and discover the music that has been concealed inside it! Penderecki planted 15000 hornbeams in accordance with a medieval design once found on a reproduction in an old book. To learn the labyrinth’s history, find four fragments of Penderecki’s work. Use the keyboard and the mouse to move around the site.
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Amazing!
Please, find another spot!
Bravo! You’ve discovered all the pieces of music.
Read about the history of the labyrinth and its significance to the Maestro’s output.
The Studio.6
What does Krzysztof Penderecki’s music sound like in his own park and garden?
The Garden of Memory.07
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A Pyre Burning in Front of the Opera House. Condolences from the Managers of Poznań’s Grand Theatre- Read more
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About the composer’s favourite mazes and oak-tree avenues planted to honour his granddaughter, Maria.00:0003:14- Read more
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How he won a passport in a competition for composers and went on a journey of initiation.00:0003:15- Read more
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On growing roots, designing gardens, and places where cats sleep on the stove.00:0005:23- Read more
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On the variable outer garment of music, copying masters, and having fun while composing.00:0003:54- Read more
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About the hidden dilemma of each contemporary artist, and Penderecki’s choice.00:0006:26- Read more
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The Maestro at the Philharmonic’s Construction Site. Jerusalem in Szczecin and a Fanfare for the New Venue.- Read more
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Elżbieta Penderecka on celebrating her husband’s jubilee and wedding anniversary.00:0005:06- Read more