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February 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Chosen and Beloved – MAU Wahine and NZSO (February 21, Wellington)

Chosen and Beloved: Curated by Lemi Ponifasio – MAU Wahine, NZSO and Racha Rizk (Conducted by Kristan Jarvi) MFC, Wellington Friday, February 21 For the opening night of the NZ Festival expectations were very high for Chosen and Beloved. The first week guest curator Lemi Ponifasio took words from Henryk Gorecki’s Third Symphony (aka The […]
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February 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Lisa Gerrard, Genesis Orchestra & Yordan Kamdzhalov: Górecki – Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Lisa Gerrard, Genesis Orchestra & Yordan Kamdzhalov Górecki – Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Besant Hall Records (part of Air-Edel Records) Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, Op 36, known as Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, was composed in late 1976. It was premiered the following year in performance and since then there have been […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Classical, Dead Can dance, Genesis Orchestra, Gorecki, Górecki – Symphony No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Henryk Górecki, Lisa Gerrard, Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Yordan Kamdzhalov, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music

I’m going to tell you a bit about my background with classical music; some of my early touchstones, how I educated myself and explored options, and some of the favourite pieces I’ve collected and my go-to composers. That sort of thing. And then you can do the same. Seem reasonable? Otherwise we’ll be here all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Brandenburg Concertos, Classical, Classical Music, Film Score, Glenn Gould, Gorecki, Instrumental, Introduction To Classical Music, Mozart, Nigel Kennedy, Our Introduction To Classical Music, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Tchaikovsky, We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have, We Need To Talk About Classical Music…Because We Never Have: Our Introduction To Classical Music ·

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March 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 733

London Sinfonietta with Dawn Upshaw, Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 (1992) I fell in love with this when I first heard it – this particular recording, Gorecki composed the piece in the mid-70s but this early-90s recording was the one that found me, it was being used to soundtrack images from the Bosnian war, well from […]
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