Krzysztof Penderecki

Biography by Erik Eriksson

Polish composer of choral and orchestral music, opera, and chamber music in modern harmonic settings.
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Title	Year	Genre
Threnody (for the Victims of Hiroshima), for 52 strings	1959	Orchestral
St. Luke Passion (Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Lucam), for 3 voices, narrator, choruses & orchestra	1965	Choral
String Quartet No. 1	1960	Chamber Music
String Quartet No. 2	1968	Chamber Music
Polish Requiem, for SATB, chorus & orchestra	1980	Choral
Song of the Cherubim (Ize Cheruwimy), for chorus	1986	Choral
Symphony No. 1	1972	Symphony
Symphony No. 2 ("Christmas Symphony")	1979	Symphony
Symphony No. 3	1988	Symphony
Symphony No. 4 ("Adagio")	1989	Symphony
Symphony No. 5	1991	Symphony
Paradise Lost, opera in 2 acts	1976	Opera
Cadenza, for viola solo	1984	Chamber Music Concerto
Miniatures (3) for clarinet & piano	1956	Chamber Music
Anaklasis, for string orchestra & percussion	1960	Orchestral
Veni creator, hymn for double chorus	1987	Choral
Stabat Mater, for 3 choruses	1962	Choral
De Natura Sonoris II, for orchestra	1971	Orchestral
Per Slava, for cello solo	1985	Chamber Music
Symphony No. 7 ("Seven Gates of Jerusalem"), for 5 soloists, speaker, 3 choruses & orchestra	1996	Symphony