Symphony No. 3, Op. 36
This guide follows Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” (1976) in three parts: Lento – Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile, Lento e largo – Tranquillissimo and Lento – Cantabile semplice.
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Follow all 13 sections as they play
- I – ma
- II e –
- III –
I – ma 0:47–25:15
A very slow , in which a melody is imitated by entering voices. The double basses begin it (A), and each new voice enters a fifth above the last until eight parts are sounding. Then the voices drop out one by one. Around the middle, in section B, the soprano enters with the Virgin Mary's . In A′ the in the full strings and sinks back to the basses, ending on a held E.
- A
- B
II e – 25:29–33:34
III – 33:47–48:45
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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