Symphony of Sorrowful Songs - Henryk Górecki - 1st movement
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- 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 double basses, and each succeeding entry occurs one measure later (i.e., a new entry begins every 25 measures), starting a fifth above the last. After the canon reaches a full 10 parts, it works its way back to a single pitch. The soprano enters in the second section and builds to a climax on the final word, at which point the strings enter forcefully with the climax of the opening canon. The third section of the movement (Lento-Cantabile semplice) is a long dénouement that also winds down to a single pitch.
I was terribly disturbed, yet entranced. Caught up in a celestial realm of heaven, yet with some sort of romantic darkness. This is the soundtrack to my life. I am proud to be Polish. Thank you Henryk. You passed this earth but not before you composed the sounds of other worlds. RIP.
"My son chosen and chaste, Let your mother share your wounds. And since, my dear son, I have always kept you in heart, And loyally served you, speak to your mother, make her happy. Though, my dear hope, you are leaving me."
I always get emotional listening to this masterpiece, but I had no idea about the lyrics. Thank you so much for posting, by an unfortunate coincidence, my mother faces an aggressive cancer, I was reading your post, which made me cry, not a cry of sadness, but a cry for all the good things I lived with her.
Amazing, I love music like this. It does not get enough recognition anymore, sadly.
this symphony is a truly masterpiece, so sad and moving. It expresses all the anguish and hopelessness of our time
I think my ears are about to bust in, and my eyes about to water. This song is more epic, it deserves "Legendary" masterpiece.
one of the greatest pieces of music of all time...
True beauty. RIP, and thank you, Gorecki - no other music has so deeply influenced me.
This is my favorite movement in the symphony. Its orchestration is just so cathartic, even after the soloist is done. There is so much emotion in every part of this piece.
Definitely one of the most beautiful piece in the history of music.
this is the most beautiful piece of music I ever heard, it send shivers, and makes me cry and feel such redemption
Rest in Peace,Henryk.In life we can take moments and you have given something that allows me every now and then to enter a place where nothing else matters only the absolute intensity of every emotion that I can possibly comprehend.Thank you,thank you.
My son, my chosen and beloved
Share your wounds with your mother
And because, dear son, I have always carried you in my heart,
And always served you faithfully
Speak to your mother, to make her happy,
Although you are already leaving me, my cherished hope.
(Lamentation of the Holy Cross Monastery from the "Lysagóra Songs" collection. Second half of the 15th century)
I drank a whole lot of beer, bounced around, and somehow found out about this composer. This music is unbelievable! Why isn't he better known?
I wish he was. It's utterly beautiful.
I've known this piece since a kid and it's utterly overwhelming.
I never believed music like this, so simple and yet so amazingly powerful and moving, was ever possible...
Haunting beautiful is what comes to mind. I first heard a segment of this piece while watching the movie "Fearless", and had to have it. I ended up buying the the Fearless film score CD. I now have over twenty six minutes of this astounding meditative work. I never tire of listening to it.
By the way, the lead actor In Fearless was Jeff Bridges. I truly feel that he was robbed of an academy award for his over the top, brilliant performance. A great movie for those who haven't seen it. What more can I say.
+James LochardI agree, it IS hauntingy beautiful.
This beauty piece can be heard in the final credits of FEARLESS with Jeff Bridges
Yes! I was so wonderfully surprised when it started playing in the credits
I loved that movie and it’s musical score so much that I watched the ending credits very closely, and then fortunately discovered the full Gorecki Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. It’s a beautifully devastating piece of music, but it’s so lovely that it’s expression of grief is transformative.
A work of genius and one with a powerful historical value
4:06 gives me chills every time.
+seadog365 literally same
Thank you for leaving this beautiful work to humanity. R.I.P.
Maestro... you were blessed by God to compose such beautiful compositions of music. Now your works fill the heavens in God's grace. RIP
I cant stop crying...it´s to beautiful ...i´m totally awe-inspired by it. THANKS for this piece of music,
Schluppi
SFOB
Bóg daje mam takich ludzi byśmy nie umarli nie poznawszy piękna, ale też odbiera, byśmy nie posiedli go na zawsze...
Spoczywaj w pokoju [*] Amen.
i falled in love with this. unbeliveable
what a remarkable composer - I wish I had run across his works decades earlier
forever in my heart...from Greece
The single most beautiful piece I've ever heard. Get some VERDE and understand mis hermanos.
RIP Maestro, thank you for your music.
Perfect title. Symphony of Sorrowful songs. This music describes sadness and sorrow perfectly. I wish I could transcribe my emotions on paper as well as Gorecki. Too beautiful. Can't stop crying too.
I agree, every movement touched my soul, especially the first (in full).
This work is truly awe inspiring.
Davidovich00 your so right the crescendo at 4:07 is tearjerking, I used to reoplay this section over and over whilst thinking of my own kids....
This is the only minimalist classical piece I can listen to.
Absolutely beautiful.
Beautiful. Perfect, and well toned for what it's ment for us to remember.
Thank you for blessing my ears with such music.
This piece was meant to be in absolut opposition to the common serialism of the 60ies. You just have to imagine how the effect should have been in those years: all the broken, divided and calculated sound systems of the serial music, and suddenly something like this enters the world.
Must have been overwhelming.
And it's still overwhelming...
RIP...we shall never forget your music
The world has lost a composer with music in his heart. R.I.P. Henryk Gorecki
It is a translation of this song. It is about Mary talking to her son (Christ) Dying ion the cross. It is beautiful anfd heart wrenching!
Most people have only heard the 2nd movement, which, though great, taken on its own does not do justice to the whole symphony. As many have said, you have to hear the whole piece to truly appreciate the beauty and depth of what has to be one of the most understated classical pieces of our time.
wonderfull piece of this sacred master on the sound. congratulations to the people wat lisnt this great world...
Thank you for posting this musical gem. RIP, maestro Gorecki.
Thanks for this masterpice of music!
The angels will sing a sorrowful hymn tonight but will have a beautifully creative sould among their midst.
I'm glad to have found this song before cod Ww2
Wow, powerful music, I didn't even know classical music was still being composed, I thought it was all from 100's of years ago. Nice to know.
Looked him up on wikipedia and saw he recently died, and I can see the sadness many of you express. May the worms that burrow have a special feast for this guy.
One of the most powerful pieces of music to be written. And given the inspiration you will surely know why. A journey into despair.....the evilness of man unto his fellow man.
He was great. One of the greatest Polish composers. 3rd Symp. is brilliant and remarkable.
It breaks my heart that this is not on Spotify, I’ve been searching for it for so long 😢
All victims of the Nazis, Jews, Poles, Gypsies, etc., have lost a truly gifted composer who captured the horror of the Holocaust in music. He will be missed, but not forgotten.
The first movement is very moving.
All victims of the Nazis, Jews, Poles, Gypsies, etc., have lost a truly gifted composer who captured the horror of the Holocaust in music. He will be missed, but not forgotten.
The first movement is very moving.
@lanzfriszt Dear Lanzfriszt, Thank you so much for your recommendation of Arvo Part. His music touches the most tender of our emotional souls. Listening to his Fur Alise song, and this song simultaneously, at the beginning at least, is almost too much to bear.
They probably cut it out because it was too long for most people. ADD is common now a days. I have this recording it is heart wrenching!
Wspaniala muzyka Goreckiego... Niech odpoczywa w pokoju.
This give me a similar feeling to Sigur Rós & Steindór Andersen "Fjöll Í Austri Fagurblá"
My head is in the clouds...
May you rest in peace. Your music is and will always be with us.
sublime!
@leasung Time truly determines what stands as a work of art. I'm certain that his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs will count as one. About the elitists who mock him, the same has been the case of composers highly regarded now. For example, J. S. Bach was mocked as passe by his own sons, Mozart made fun of other composers, and Stravinsky under-rated Vivaldi's prolific 500 concerti.
I agree! I put classical music on when my students R drawing, they R captives to what they will not otherwise give any heed. I think it will sink in at some point, a few at least demonstrate curiosity. Music has kept me nourished and in good company as I make art for many years now. I owe it so much!
Beyond words, I remember it from Fearless, a wonder.. thanks @hussar2007 for sharing this, best regards from Egypt my friend :)
Unless you are a music critic, there is no reason why you should be critising other peoples work. You should be greatful to have the pleasure to listen to music like this
Came backtracking from Deadmau5's remix of Hybrid's 'Finished Symphony' to Hybrid's original version to this! Music can put you on an incredible journey - and it all happens in your ears/head 😮❤
my high school just did the play the diary of anne frank and we used the last 5 mins or so of this song for the part where the nazis find them and they are forced out of the annex. it is unbelievably powerful. most of the actors were overwhelmed and nearly everyone in the audience was crying. it was just a powerful moment.
They inspire me also! I make art it enhances my humanity. It represents both the mind and heart of humanity.
Thank you and God Bless Henryk.
You will be in our hearts always. R.I.P.
@greatsea It struck me too that way for a time. I believe this is a piece that is not to be analyzed like that, but felt. It's heartfelt, singular in vision, and unashamed of what it is, and as such I've come to appreciate it.
I'm really ashamed that I didn't hear about this song sooner and that it took me a videogame trailer for me to find this.
It's beautiful, but it's also haunting, and really captures the sorrowful aspect that the title points out.
May he rest in peace.
Gorecki, Penderecki and Lutoslawski enriched the world of art music in every possible way, Poland can be proud of its musical innovators.
And just to end the silly "dissonance"-discussions:
If Goreckis consonance makes you weep in respect, if Pendereckis dissonance makes you shiver in fear-they have both achieved what they wanted.
Embrace music in ALL variations and ALL emotions. Do not be afraid to feel negative emotions for you can then truly appreciate the good.
Gorgeous melodies!
Is no one else deeply disturbed by Gorecki's music?
I have the recording too somewhere, and the first part just makes it even stronger
The music, based on traditional chants rooted in the Polish Catholic Church, reflects Górecki’s deep love of his country and its musical traditions
RIP..master of music
It is the human soul. It is what we feel, though we can ignore it and suppress it. The wickedness, the pain, the grief.
The grain of our being.
And the hope, that God sees.
Actually I'd have to agree with the OP. This piece is incredibly melodramatic and really quite self indulgent.
It doesn't matter what it's about, it's still just creative art. 'Demeaning humanity', haha :)
This moves me deeply.
Back on topic- absolutely beautiful song.
truly beautiful
great composition that so well portray grief and loss...........
Her R the words: Lamentation of the HolyCrossMonastery (circa 15th AD). My, son, chosen and loved, Let your mother share your wounds. And since, my dear son, I have always kept you in my heart, and loyaly served you, Speak to your mother, make her happy, though my dear hope, you are now leaving me.
Anyone who loved this would love Ennio Morricone's main theme for the movie Casualties of War.
RIP, man. :'(
Thank you for all..
Moya by Godspeed You! Black Emperor was inspired by this :)
So powerful. So Moving. So Meditative. Hard this amazing and touching symphony was composed in the heart of dinosaur rock.
Rest with the Angels.
R.I.P.
Υπέροχο !!!! (Sublime !!!! )
RIP Maestro...
Beyond powerfull
RIP
Henryk Gorecki
This is heart-gripping.
Thanks! U R right.
@NPBaudelaire I think you pretty much gave the perfect answer. Very much in accordance with my own thoughts and philosophies. However, these kinds of discussions always leads me to the "things are as they are, why care" mentality which usually numbs my interest to even discuss or think about the given matter anymore. Sure, we are responsible, but on the other hand, what does that "matter" (define matter hehe)? Evolution made us the way we are. We are what we are.
Nos plus grandes douleurs ont accouché de nos plus belles musiques à nous êtres humains . Maudits soyons nous tous autant que nous sommes d avoir souiller ainsi le don qui nous a été fait . Plus jamais cela ....plus jamais .
rest in peace dear Górecki
gorgeous
such sorrowful songs - such a sorrowful day.
I have to add: I do not mean Dawn Upshaw by that! She really is great!
This music is divine!
Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.
Epicurus (341 BC - 270 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
@Appletree34 Outstanding reply, thank you. Nice to have people with a brain on RUclips. Best, LJG
@MrLjgroove
I certainly agree with your summary of Christopher Hitchens, although I would sum up his shortcomings at least in the domain of religion to be mainly shortcomings in the field of philosophy. As popular as atheism has been in the last few years, it's modern representatives tend to glaze over the epistemological depths that should form the core of the arguments. Many of the exchanges I've had with 'Appletree' here nod to these oft neglected discussions.