Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Henryk Górecki - 1st movement
June 21st, 2010
Lento—Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile (only the second part of the 1st movement) Typically 27 minutes in duration, the first movement equals the combined length of the second and third movements,[9] and is based on a late-15th century lament of Mary from the Lysagora Songs collection of the Holy Cross Monastery in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Comprising three thematic sections, the movement opens with a canon in ten parts using a 24-bar melody in the Aeolian mode on E. It begins with …
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