RIP Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)https://youtu.be/SxT3tobBO08
I vividly remember, and my father confirms, that around the age of 6 or 7 the Lukas Passion was one of my most requested records. Some years ago, I had not heard the record for some 30 years, I stumbled upon it and was mesmerized. I felt instantly at home with the sounds, totally fascinated and in awe. It was a pretty strange experience, after such a long time it felt like listening to an album for the very first time and knowing it inside out. Confusing.
Some years earlier, before I re-discovered Penderecki, Gorecki's Sorrowful Songs had a similar effect on me. I must ask, whether my father was also listening to that one. It's also deeply ingrained into my consciousness somehow.
Now, listening with that long lost knowledge I know why I love drones and clusters so much. And I know that I owe Penderecki a lot.
Even though I am hesitant to give the record tge first listen, I am really delighted that he directed Gorecki with Beth Gibbons, which was released last year. That this colab and record even exist is a thrill to me, somehow combining the a-tonal domain which I love through St. Luke's Passion, then the droney and minimalist domain represented by Gorecki's masterpiece, and then Beth Gibbons lurking over from the pop world (I am using the term pop extremely loose, I know). A record I could not have dreamt.
Thank you, Krzysztof. I bow to you in thankfulness.
https://youtu.be/Qj_WWnh7ZKc
