Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki (born November 23, 1933 in D?bica) is a Polish composer and conductor of classical music.

Selected Works

Orchestral and instrumental

• Emanations (Emanacje, 1959), for two string orchestras
• Anaklasis (1959)
• Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima (Tren Ofiarom Hiroszimy, 1960), for 52 string instruments, probably Penderecki's best known piece
• Fonogrammi (1961)
• Polymorphia (1961), for 48 string instruments, featured on Stanley Kubrick's The Shining soundtrack, and "The Exorcist"
• Fluorescences (Fluorescencje, 1961-62), for orchestra
• Canon (1963)
• De Natura Sonoris No. 1 (1966)
• Capriccio (1967)
• String Quartet (1968)
• Kosmognia (1970)
• De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (1971)
• Cello Concerto No. 1 (1972)
• Symphony No. 1 (1973)
• Violin Concerto (1977)
• Adagietto from Paradise Lost (1979)
• Symphony No. 2 (1980)
• Cello Concerto No. 2 (1983)
• Cadenza (1984)
• Per Slava (1985)
• Prelude (1987)
• Der unterbrochene Gedanke (1988)
• Passacaglia and Rondo (1988)
• Symphony No. 3 (1988-1995)
• Violin sonata No. 1 (1953 rev. 1990)
• Symphony No. 5 "Korea" (1991–2)
• Violin Concerto No. 2 "Metamorphosen" (1992–5)
• Violin sonata No. 2 (2000)

Choral works

• Psalms of David (1958)
• Stabat Mater (1962)
• Passion According to St. Luke (1965)
• Dies Irae (1967)
• Utrenja (Morning Prayer) (1970)
• Magnificat (1974)
• Te Deum (1979)
• Agnus Dei (1981)
• Polish Requiem (1980/1984)
• Song of Cherubin (1986)
• Credo for soloists, boys' choir, chorus & orchestra (1998)

Operas

• The Devils of Loudun (Die Teufel von Loudun, 1968-69), based on the novel by Aldous Huxley of the same name
• Paradise Lost (1978), based on the epic poem by John Milton
• The Black Mask (1984)
• Ubu Rex (1993)