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Lidiya Yankovskaya

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Isabella Bywater

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Roberto Vitalini

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Soprano

Nicole Chevalier

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Jon Driscoll

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Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs

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London Coliseum

Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs: Symfonia pieśni żałosnych No.3 Op. 36 Henryk Górecki

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Symphony of Sorrowful Songs No.3 Op. 36

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Symphony No.3, Op.36 "Symphony of sorrowful songs" - Conductor David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw (Soprano) And The London Sinfonietta - Henryk Gorecki, Composer (1933-2010)

I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile 0:00
II. Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo 26:48
III. Lento - Cantablile Semplice 36:14

𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐲𝐤 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐢 • 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐍𝐨.𝟑, 𝐎𝐩.𝟑𝟔 (𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟔)

A meaningful meditation on motherhood, love and loss, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs adapts texts in Polish taken from sources spanning the centuries, giving perspectives from both a mother having lost their child, and a child separated from their parents.

Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) broke records upon its release in 1992 and became a critical sensation, becoming the best selling contemporary work of our time and cementing itself as one of modern classical music’s finest compositions. 

Isabelle Bywater, designer of ENO’s beloved production of La bohème, returns to direct this unprecedented staged production of Górecki’s beloved work.

Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya makes her ENO debut to conduct the full force of the ENO Orchestra in performing this transitional work in Henryk Górecki’s catalogue of works: striking a delicate balance between his roots in serialism and the emotional vulnerability of his later compositions.

Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs by Górecki, H. M., From (2023/2023), Directed by Isabella Bywater,, Conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

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