Thirty years ago, in May 1991, a symphony was being recorded at a sound studio in northwest London — Symphony No. 3 by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. An obscure work, first composed in 1970s ...

"Symphony No. 3 'Of Sorrowful Songs' " for solo soprano and orchestra caused a lot of excitement when it was first performed in Poland at the 1977 Warsaw Autumn Festival. "You, men of letters, have ...

You don't have to be expert on the postwar eastern European avant garde to have heard the music of Henryk Górecki, the Polish composer who died today in Katowice at the age of 76. His Symphony No 3, ...

Portishead singer Beth Gibbons’ concert with the Polish National Radio Symphony — a performance of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 — will be the focus of a live album due out in March. Domino will ...

Polish composer Henryk Gorecki died today at age 76. The news was announced this morning by the Polish National Radio Symphony. Gorecki was little known outside Poland until a 1992 recording of his ...

On November 29, 2014 Beth Gibbons of Portishead teamed up with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, to perform Henryk Górecki’s acclaimed 1977 symphony, ...

Q2 Music at the Proms, hosted by Clemency Burton-Hill, is your ticket to the summer's hottest new-music festival, the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts of the Royal Albert Hall in London. This eight-week ...

To use music industry parlance, Henryk Gorécki’s Symphony No 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) is the epitome of a sleeper hit. When premiered in 1978, it had little impact, but a 1992 re-release ...

Beth Gibbons vocalist for acclaimed UK band Portishead was formally invited to Poland in 2014 to sing soprano at Warsaws Grand Theatre This performance forms the basis of the film and album titled ...

Polish composer Henryk Gorecki died today at age 76. The news was announced this morning by the Polish National Radio Symphony. Gorecki was little known outside Poland until a 1992 recording of his ...