Once considered a major figure of the Polish avant-garde, Krzysztof Penderecki adopted a somewhat milder and more approachable style in the 1980s that has outlasted his experimental phase and established him as a leader of the rapprochement between modernists and the new tonalists. The musical discourse of the Cello Concerto No. 2 (1982) and the Viola Concerto (1983) isn't exactly a throwback to the forms, gestures, or sonorities of the past, but Penderecki employs much of the same dissonant counterpoint and modified ...
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Once considered a major figure of the Polish avant-garde, Krzysztof Penderecki adopted a somewhat milder and more approachable style in the 1980s that has outlasted his experimental phase and established him as a leader of the rapprochement between modernists and the new tonalists. The musical discourse of the Cello Concerto No. 2 (1982) and the Viola Concerto (1983) isn't exactly a throwback to the forms, gestures, or sonorities of the past, but Penderecki employs much of the same dissonant counterpoint and modified tonality that Bartók, Shostakovich, and other tonal modernists used, so his style is quite identifiable within the mainstream of 20th century concert music: moderately daring but recognizable within the symphonic tradition. This familiarity allows violist Grigori Zhislin and cellist Tatjana Vassiljeva a high degree of expressive freedom and immediacy that audiences can respond to, and Antoni Wit and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra are able to provide accompaniment that communicates and...
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