Krzysztof Penderecki -- Polymorphia

Happy Halloween, everyone! Everyone talks about 'creepy' music they hear, stuff with little squeaks and ambient hums, but this composition that was written in 1961 by Polish composer Krzystof Penderecki truly stretches the mind for the surreal and terrifying. Yes, it's a more popular piece of his but it's one of my favorites. Sadly, I cannot find the artist information for this piece. If anyone knows of it, could they tell me so I can properly attribute them? Thanks!

Please, turn off all the lights and turn up the stereo (or your headphones) and try not to get too scared!

Happy Halloween,
AnAmericanComposer

Evan Bennet

P.S., if you're a composer nut like me I suggest you read more about his work here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphia

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75 komentarze:

FoxxCop:

I never though of it as terrifying, to me Polymorphia is the perfect representation of the sounds of nature. The pizzicato and percussion could represent the sound of rain and hail. The ascent and descending pitch of the strings at the beginning could represent the sound of a strong wind. It’s extremely clever and unique!

suppohkram:

the C Major chord at the end hits different now 😔 RIP Penderecki

NM:

Jonny describes this perfectly. It isn't terrifying, only strange.

Jessica Hanley:

I'm listening to this in broad daylight with every light on in my apartment. It's the only way!

littlekiwinelson:

Sometimes it sounds like torn and screeching instruments, sometimes like swarms of scuttling spiders. And then there’s the silence. The sound of silence. Pending, waiting, papery grey and ponderous.
Aiaiai but this is a powerful listen.

Warlock Warrior:

Rest In Peace, Krzysztof Penderecki. You will always be remembered.😞😔

P. Tero Dactyl:

11:04 This part in this particular recording was used in the soundtrack for "Ready Player One" during "The Shining" parody sequence.

Ben Rice:

This is the perfect soundtrack to the modern age. You can also hear the influence over Jonny Greenwood's There Will Be Blood score.

Eloelo350:

RIP... One of the greatest of all

Lenaya:

This is such a scary piece of music. The best way I can describe how it makes me feel is this:

Imagine you're alone and wandering around somewhere you KNOW you're supposed to be alone. Imagine somewhere you'd be terrified to be. (Whatever your worst fear is.) Then picture getting this creeping sensation that something is behind you but you're far too scared to look behind you so you walk faster but the feeling doesn't go away. In fact the idea that you're not alone begins to grow in your mind and it becomes simply impossible to ignore. Your mind races with horrific images of your worst nightmare walking right behind you. You can almost feel it's breath on your neck. Panic strikes and you begin to run as fast as you can though you know it's keeping up with you. Any moment you're sure you'll be grabbed and come face to face with your worst nightmare. Your heart races, tears streak down your face, panicked screams erupt from your chest as you run uselessly away from the thing chasing you. Then you reach the end of the path and you're blocked in.
You HAVE to turn around. You slowly start to turn SURE that you'll see the thing inches from your face. But it's not there. It's only you. You sigh and let out a shaky laugh as you start to walk back the way you came. You get a few steps forward before you see something at the end of the hallway you just ran down peek out at you. Then...it rushes at you. And you're forced to watch it scuttling towards you with it's horrific eyes and smile fixated on you.

Dementional:

Gorgeous, you can feel the textures floating around you like warm bath water. Then suddenly you see your reflection. You slip under.. and well you heard the end..

Gérard Begni:

Polymorphia dates from the period "avant-garde". Hearing and looking at the score makes impenetrable the reason why he switched to a rather conventional form of neoromantism. It is much more strange for me than the neoclassicism and the "returns to" of Stravinski.

Bernabé García Sánchez:

He even himself said that he came back to a more "traditional" music. He said that he pushed too much the instruments. But it's curious. Maybe If I was him I would combine few of these lessons with his new music. Maybe he did. For example, when I heard Utrenia or Passion St. Luke.

Michael O'Shea McGoldrick:

If you own all the cool records in existence, you will still be able to hold this in one hand and say "singularity!" and Basil Kirchin...

György Gonda:

Magnificent !!!

ETERE RADIOASCOLTO:

Musica contemporanea, avanguardia...tutto bello, riposante, senza necessariamente essere emozionante.
Amo l'ascolto 'acritico'.

Dean Overlie:

Obviously a waltz.

Felipe Campos:

great work

Alessandro:

Straordinario 😎

Siddhant Barua:

Hauntingly beautiful..

archangel:

the c major at the end couldnt be more perfect

badger ironsight kara:

this helps when i cant breathe half way through a panic attack.. they're coming for us all..

Official Xverzusz:

The music equivalent of being locked inside a completely pitch black room entirely alone

Vincent O'Donnell:

I.just love it. I cried like.a.baby

A:

Spoczywaj w pokoju ❤️

Pierluigi Piccolo Raso:

Hey! Where can I find a free version of this sheet music in PDF?

markus renvall:

Ispiroivaa soitantaa ja hauskaa nuotinnusta.

Based:

“As soon as possible?… *As SoOn As PoSsIbLe?!”*

TheAuralab:

❤️

Eduardo Marques:

The performers are the National Philharmonic Orchestra

EMANUEL ! Music for Concert, Film and Video-Game:

Maybe the people from Slayer will finally like classical music now.

RODRIGO ODÓN SALCEDO CISNEROS:

RIP maestro

Evo:

This is such a banger

Jan-Martin Ulvåg:

when music is describing instead of expressing

Marco Martinez:

Rip Maestro

Bob Martin:

Like putting a slasher film after watching "La La Land"!

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