Andrzej Panufnik - 3. Marriage

Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
Episode 3 of 5: Marriage

In 1961, after living in England for seven years, Panufnik was granted British citizenship. The year before he'd met Camilla Jessel - they were married three years later and settled beside the River Thames in Twickenham. Panufnik now found himself leading: "a kind of ideal existence I had only imagined, never experienced before in my life." In spite of his new-found contentment, Panufnik's thoughts were never very far away from his turbulent homeland of Poland. Donald Macleod introduces a work prompted by an event which took place there - a profound expression of Panufnik's feelings about one of the worst atrocities and biggest cover-ups in the war. Plus - a symphony based on the earliest known hymn in the Polish language, part of the violin concerto written for, and played by, Yehudi Menuhin, and one of Panufnik's rare choral works, written a few weeks after his marriage.

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Andrzej Panufnik
Jagellonian triptych for string orchestra
Conductor: Mariusz Smolij.
Orchestra: Polish Chamber Orchestra.

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Andrzej Panufnik
Katyn epitaph for orchestra [rev.1969]
Orchestra: London S O..
Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.

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Andrzej Panufnik
Song to the Virgin Mary for [bad word] 
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
Choir: King's College Cambridge Choir.

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Andrzej Panufnik
Concerto for violin and orchestra
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin.
Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.

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Andrzej Panufnik
Sinfonia sacra (Symphony no.3)
Conductor: Andrzej Panufnik.
Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

First broadcast: 24 Sep 2014 (b04hyq06)
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