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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0604388682621 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Tony Palmer Films Languages:EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal Language Manufacturer: Tony Palmer Films Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tony Palmer Films Release Date: January 13, 2008 Running Time: 53 minutes Studio: Tony Palmer Films Theatrical Release Date: January 13, 2008
Rating: - harrowing and necessary
I first saw this on Bravo TV on the South Bank Show, and taped it off the air at the time. I purchased it from a British source when the DVD was released there last year, and watch it repeatedly. The interviews with the composer are integrated with the performance, and add to, rather than detract from that performance. Contemporary film of Gorecki in Katowice, and in Asuchwicz/Birkenau is integrated with archival ( and horrific ) footage of the Holocaust, and with Gorecki's remembrances of his childhood ... Read More
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Cardiff Honorary fellowship for Górecki (16 January 2008)
The Polish composer Henryk Górecki (1933) has received a honorary fellowship for Cardiff University (Wales) at a ceremony held in Poland on 14 January. He received the award in recognition of his achievements.
There are strong links of Górecki with Cardiff University. He was the subject of ground-breaking books written by staff within the School's Central European Music Research Centre.
