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.

  • 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.

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

  • The most recognizable to Western listeners are composers such as Frédéric Chopin, the father of Polish music, as well as Krzysztof Penderecki and Henryk Górecki, who unexpectedly scored an international best seller with his Symphony No. 3 in the early 1990s.


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