Concert
12noon
String students from NUI Maynooth, Trinity College Dublin,
DIT Conservatory of Music, the Royal Irish Academy of Music and
University College Dublin, members of the County Kildare
Orchestra and Maynooth Chamber Choir
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
Penderecki Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima (1960)
Penderecki Benedictus (1993)
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima is a musical composition for 52 string instruments, composed in 1960 and in musical terms has come to define man’s inhumanity to man. Penderecki makes use of extended instrumental techniques (for example, playing on the “wrong” side of the bridge, bowing on the tailpiece), with many novel textures in the work. The piece swiftly attracted interest around the world and made its young composer famous. Benedictus, premiered in 1993, will be performed by the Maynooth Chamber Choir.
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Location: St Patrick’s College Chapel, Maynooth |