Previous posts for November 23rd are here: Krzysztof Penderecki (2019), Krzysztof Penderecki, Jerry Bock (2020), Alfonso X of Castile (The Wise); Krzysztof Penderecki (2021), Krzysztof Penderecki ; Manuel de Falla (2022), and Thomas Attwood; Ruth Etting (2023)
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Krzysztof Penderecki (23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was one of the preeminent Polish composer of his time.
Change is in the Air
"This is not music by the angry young man I used to be.” – Penderecki in 1978, qtd. in Wikipedia
When his music abandoned brutality
And returned to a kind of tonality,
Said a friend, “My dear Krzysztof,
Your fans will be pissed off
By your newly deployed cordiality.”
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Ludovico Einaudi (b. 23 November 1955) is an Italian pianist and composer who began his career as a classical composer, later incorporating other styles and genres such as minimalism, pop, rock, folk, and world music.
I Give Up
“He can finesse a phrase, but is proudly anti-virtuosic, playing only simple arpeggios and limpid four-note melodies". -- Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian qtd. in Wikipedia
Einaudi by sheer repetition
Has exhausted us into submission,
After long afternoons
Of his sad little tunes
That never quite come to fruition.
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