Example sentences for: penderecki

How can you use “penderecki” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Penderecki's Threnody is a good example.

  • In 1960, Penderecki exploded the lyrical associations of the string orchestra in his Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 stringed instruments, a brutal piece commemorating an act of violence.

  • "I wrote Threnody thinking only about structure [and] architecture," Penderecki once said.

  • Berio, accompanied by technicians from Centro Tempo Reale, his electronic-music headquarters in Florence, and the Orchestra della Toscana, performed his work-in-perpetual-progress, Ofanim . The following week, Penderecki conducted a New York Philharmonic performance of Threnody and gave the New York premiere of a recent symphony-- No.

  • Four decades later, Penderecki has joined the ranks of those who renounce the achievements of his generation; Berio remains unabashedly highbrow and staunchly atonal, a true avant-gardist.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast