When I was a kid, a crazy guy I worked with told me a story about a house in his old neighborhood that he believed had demonic activity. He described seeing things like animals walking upright, things floating on their own, and "indescribable music." He harped (no pun intended) on that music quite a bit, saying that it was deeply disturbing, and unlike anything he'd ever heard before. Looking back on it, I wonder if his neighbors were just Penderecki enthusiasts.

@bananadog2906

7 ай бұрын

penderecki enthusiast who were furry magicians

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." -H.P. Lovecraft

I can't believe he's gone...

@shlapleps3306

4 жыл бұрын

hightech/lowlife fuck you

@toprak3479

4 жыл бұрын

@@whattheyreallyneed Brutal

@UntitledKirk

3 жыл бұрын

@@whattheyreallyneed LOL

It's pretty insane when you think about how music like this is made with traditional instruments

@heckler73

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe that's one reason Zappa respected his work?

@chicojcf

7 жыл бұрын

Is it? The orchestra can do much more than many give it credit for. After 2-3 hundred of years of classical and romantic "hits" the early 20th century orchestra accomplished some unwelcome sounds (think of Stravinsky, Milhaud and Webern just to name three).

@BostonRedSoxForever

6 жыл бұрын

jcfar: You nailed it. An orchestra can create the weirdest, darkest, scariest sounds one could imagine. You can't go that far with synthesizers, not even close! Orchestral sounds are priceless.

@abrahampalmer1153

6 жыл бұрын

Asshole-in-Chief 100% especially the organ as well to bach horror music is the best most emotionally eerie music ever made next to Penderecki

@augusto7681

6 жыл бұрын

Listen to the music Trauma by Arca it is terryfing.

whenever i listen to Penderecki, I get the satisfication of asphyxiation...

@DS-mz2tk

2 жыл бұрын

RIP Erin S.

@himilsbahc

27 күн бұрын

stay alive if you can before u done

This great composer died today. On an other place together with a little woman I really loved. They will united in heaven and I will never forget both of them.

@John.Christopher

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you!

This music is more terrifying to listen to than most modern horror films are to watch

@MegaCirse

6 жыл бұрын

Music is like a parallel universe that can inspire us with joys, fears, sorrows but, contrary of images, it does'nt inspire neuroses who eat our reality !

@anaparipovic4452

6 жыл бұрын

IT is nothing compared to this. Try listening alone at night hahah

@evanbohn

5 жыл бұрын

weak argument. most modern horror films are shit.

@wattd6602

4 жыл бұрын

I think KP would feel the above observation of "ponytailjones" was spot-on. I hope people here are familiar with Penderecki's Dies Irae, written as a memorial to the victims of the Auschwitz death camp.

@emuna1197

4 жыл бұрын

very ligeti or scelci

I am very happy I invested in a very expensive sound system. This is incredible

@Contemporary_Music

Ай бұрын

Yes, you cannot properly appreciate this kind of art without the right listening device.

perfect for studying

@TheBartgry

7 жыл бұрын

Caillouteletub123 I laughed way to hard

@andrewscott557

6 жыл бұрын

bruh

@julienl7241

6 жыл бұрын

Sarcasm aside, I actually do find this pretty helpful for studying. Less dissonant music tends to distract me too much. This, however, has so many non-standard progressions and tonalities that I find it much easier to not focus entirely on it... if that makes sense.

@andrewscott557

6 жыл бұрын

I find ambient music, or just atmospheric instrumentals to help

@MikeNichols50

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting comment....

Holy shit, the vocals were the most haunting thing I've ever heard

@chicojcf

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, yes. I heard this live (not by Kronos) around 1969-70 in Hawai'i. Somewhat unsettling; but I suspect the composer may have wished for the listener to be at least a bit shaken.

@FEAROWNAGE

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to “Aghartha” by Sunn 0))), there’s a section of that song with similarly distressing vocals.

Dad told me " go and listen to panderecki, then show it to your mother and tell her that you will listen to this kind of music. Im sure, she will never told you something bad about metal music you listen to"

@johnappleseed8369

7 жыл бұрын

Do u liek Wolfganch Armenia Metzort?

@joannaporebska6280

7 жыл бұрын

John Appleseed Yas

@tony499

4 жыл бұрын

Nieźle

@Jolanta3818

Жыл бұрын

😂

@olgaoccitane

Жыл бұрын

yes, that's right! all horror sounds in one place))) 😱😱😱

The way Penderecki applies the sheer depth and magnitude of sound one can achieve with an orchestra to capture existential, pants-shitting dread is absolutely flawless. hearing this from the first row of a concert at volumes that seem like they'll flay the skin off your head must be incredible.

@FEAROWNAGE

3 жыл бұрын

Classical concerts aren’t particularly loud.

@PhilHarmonicus

2 жыл бұрын

@@FEAROWNAGE it depends on who is conducting.

@gliderfan6196

Жыл бұрын

@@FEAROWNAGE I have been to some that reached the threshold of pain.

@gliderfan6196

Жыл бұрын

Even better from the last row. The sound is mixed better

@tomsdottir

Жыл бұрын

You see, if you wrote a classical music column in a popular daily, people would read it. And I mean that as a compliment.

got this playing while doing trivial daily things. It makes life more thrilling

@danieln6613

5 жыл бұрын

Way to make doing laundry feel like the apocalypse

@-YogSothoth

5 жыл бұрын

@@danieln6613 holy shit, never expected to find you here, awesome!

@Alex-pq1sj

4 жыл бұрын

no offense, but with the music and seeing your prof pic, it made me stpp the vid. Don't take this negatively, your beautiful, but a woman figure so....

@rr7firefly

4 жыл бұрын

It's perfect for when the kids are writing letters to Santa.

@ericwood2466

4 жыл бұрын

Juliana de Queiroz ❤️🙏🤣🙏❤️

The most terrifying moment is at 7:05. A major chord is struck amongst all that dissonance, and within it is encapsulated the wonder and horror of the cosmos

@GlennGo0uld

3 жыл бұрын

It gave me goosebumps and I literally cried.

@irlancruz7973

2 жыл бұрын

@@GlennGo0uld Same here

I finally found the style of a composer I was looking for all my life....Thanks to shcoenberg, shostakovich and Stravinsky for guiding me along this path. I can rest now!

@pbpitko185

5 жыл бұрын

I found its by Frank Zappa

@levesquemarc-andre2385

2 жыл бұрын

Took the same path to get here ! with a little help of the shining ost. :)

@poutaitai5263

Жыл бұрын

​@@pbpitko185 you're so weird 🤨

@joannab7403

Жыл бұрын

:-)

@flowerbedmusic2674

Жыл бұрын

What about Ligeti?

This portraits exactly the coldness, powerful hostility to every life form of space itself. The sky may look beautiful and transcending but that's just an appearance. When you have an entire void filled with solar wind, gamma ray bursts, black holes, rocks that are going a few times faster than a bullet then this music is suitable for that image.

@arionthedeer7372

3 жыл бұрын

*portrays

@petrut.1224

3 жыл бұрын

@@arionthedeer7372 Sorry, I'm not a native speaker of english.

@arionthedeer7372

3 жыл бұрын

@@petrut.1224 It's fine. Your English is very good.

@seanwolcottmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@petrut.1224 You nailed it (in great english too)

@tonysabell7737

2 жыл бұрын

Insightful. Never thought of that.

Thanks to KZread I believe we are starting to achieve a better acceptance and respect for contemporary music

The first piece I ever heard from Penderecki was his cello concerto. The man was a genius RIP

this music takes you to a different world

Classical music is not just about listening to works from long dead composers.

@ren2453

5 жыл бұрын

Its about emotion

@excuseyou7198

3 жыл бұрын

@Mark Donald Penderecki was still alive when this comment was posted.

@junacebedo888

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you've have heard Corigliano, MacMillan, Tavener or Carl Vine

6:50 That might be the most apocalyptic thing I've ever heard. Fantastic.

This mood is overwhelmingly eerie. This is totally different from what I expected from the title. And I don't mind it at all.

That big major chord just strikes you right in the heart after so much dissonance. It feels so powerful, and then it slowly maddens into more of the atonal stuff. Love it! 💫

This music sounds like it came out of the darkest regions of the human mind.

@relic141

7 жыл бұрын

Ramces Gonzalez you can tell by the way that it is.

@-YogSothoth

6 жыл бұрын

Or out at the furthest depths of space.

@JohnBorstlap

6 жыл бұрын

True..... there seems to be something 'evil' in it, something about processes that are entirely inhuman and alien, and that humans better avoid.

@peterjanoshazi7519

5 жыл бұрын

If you stay quiet long enough, you will hear it in yourself.

@reidwhitton6248

5 жыл бұрын

I'd say it came out an enlightened and brilliant mind. Maestro Penderecki.

jedna z najlepszych rzeczy Pendereckiego. W mojej szkole muzycznej byla to "lektura obowiazkowa"

@patryk4323

Жыл бұрын

Tak, genialnie oddał w tym dziele chaos powstania wszechświata.

@PrzemekLipski

7 ай бұрын

Jacyś sadyści w tej szkole uczyli, bo tego się nie da słuchać. Jeżeli to jedna z najlepszych jego rzeczy, to nie chcę usłyszeć reszty :)

RIP, maestro!

I was looking at "cosmology-themed" orchestral works and this piece was mentioned in one online article. Somehow, even though tension and dissonance are almost constant, the work produces a unique, terrifying, but beautiful art experience !!! I think that is what I like in the modernist works of not only Penderecki, but in those of Lutoslawski and Ligeti too (some of Crumb's and Takemitsu as well) !!!

The ending where the choir is breathing in and out and diminuendos is genius

RIP Penderecki...

This is pure Aether. Some string harmonics are beyond divinity - a masterpiece.

A remarkable piece and performance, Exhibiting a wonderful style of an alternative approach,

Just found out about penderecki by listening to cello concerto no.1 and absolutey loving his music It's like that music that I always loved to hear but never knew what to type to find it

don't ever breach the darkness for you will hear

Chaos, confusion, explosions, sudden oblivion, this is an intense work. A bunch of people performed this.

WOW. Just WOW. There are no words for the masterpiece that is this music. WOW.

@ianwilkinson4602

4 жыл бұрын

WTF would be a good start. I love the weird side of music. Seeing it performed is astounding.

This guy is the Sun Ra of classical music, Penderecki you are inspiring thank you.

@jonathanbernal2179

11 ай бұрын

Yea! Another Sun Ra fan.

Spoczywaj w pokoju Mistrzu [*]

Perfect music to go insane in lockdown to.

When we finally leave the womb of our Blue Sphere and venture beyond it we will have to abandon any thoughts about a sympathetic universe. It may be beautiful in places but it is a limitless expanse of unimaginable indifference. Limitless beyond any previous estimations.

the picture of the galaxy went eerily well with the song. Incredible song!

@chicojcf

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@ObscureAuteur

6 жыл бұрын

It's not as "song".

@bobmartin8377

6 жыл бұрын

It's like "Threnody" ObscureAuteur.

Pure intensity.Mindbending.

Stanley Kubrick must have listened to this while making 2001 a space odyssey. the scope of this is so vast, so beyond description. and it has a nice beat and i can dance to it.

@khalidbayati4122

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. It give me 2001: A Space Odyssey vibes. If there ever is a remake they should use this soundtrack.

@jahrfuhlnehm

5 жыл бұрын

Though not this piece specifically, a bunch of other Penderecki music was used in The Shining. Fantastic use of it I have to say. So Kubrick was more than aware of this man and his music.

@guibox3

3 жыл бұрын

Might be hard considering that this was made in 1970 and 2001: A Space Odyssey was made in 1968

@excuseyou7198

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t Ligeti compose some works for 2001 a space odyssey? That might be what you’re hearing

@someguy1098

3 жыл бұрын

@@excuseyou7198 yes, Atmosphères

I actually entered a composition competition in honor of Penderecki in 2020.

The galaxy is NGC 1300. But most of you already knew that.

@janetcraft

5 жыл бұрын

ObscureAuteur ... I did. The unique spiral arms was a give away. Easy.🌙

@bolemirnoc604

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, in Eridanus. The best SB-type example.

@zbigniewmaleszak1310

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sure 😅

@jsabuilds2404

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was M51

@zetetick395

3 жыл бұрын

Goes without saying

This is amazing to me. It brings joy to my heart. Beauty!

@seanwolcottmusic

2 жыл бұрын

T.A.D. - Mutual :)

@Jolanta3818

Жыл бұрын

Masz serce z lodu?

@TadDoylemusic

Жыл бұрын

@@Jolanta3818 My heart is made of the universe. The dust of the stars.

Clearly, Penderecki was thinking way outside of the Pythagorean theorem.

Lovecraft would approve, I guess

@mackvanlobster

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Existential horror needs to make a comeback - and if it does, it needs to be scored by Penderecki.

@samizdatbroadcasts7654

7 жыл бұрын

The Music of Erich Zann, er I mean Krzysztof Penderecki

@BrentMagellan

7 жыл бұрын

Well, seems like David Lynch heard this request!

@beaconofpralaya8986

6 жыл бұрын

Read some contemporary horror authors. Thomas Ligotti, Laird Barron, that sort of thing.

Many people feels that space is scary,to me the mystery and the unexplained can never be scary,it's marvellous

@1SevenCirclesDesign

3 жыл бұрын

Everybody gangsta until Oxigen Tank No 2 explodes

I didnt know Penderecki. Sensational!

Protip, do NOT listen to this while tripping.

@lowquality9232

7 жыл бұрын

Gweilo Xiu - especially if lsd

@jean-christophearsenault2104

6 жыл бұрын

On the contrary. Then you get it !

@danielwinterbane3517

6 жыл бұрын

Oh I already did that, back in the 90s.

@aaronmuller4807

6 жыл бұрын

you coward!

@PennyDreadful1

6 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a fantastic idea. You'll be flying high over purplish outer hell's partying hard with Mandelbrot fractalizing daemons.

İts really flawless.

gave me goosebumps...incredible piece

@Didymusartist

6 жыл бұрын

what do you think of the new singles from QOTSA?

Pure relentless intensity.

so beautiful

All is as it is and always will be. All is As it is And always has been And always will be. There was no beginning There will be no end. I am part of that eternity I always will be. Everything changes But remains the same. In order, there is only chaos In chaos only order. Destruction creates. Creativity destroys. Yet all remains as was, As is and always will be. Passive, impartial. The greatest piece of existence is the minutest piece of me. The minutest piece of the Universe is the most immense within me. I am no one Yet I am everyone. I love, I die, I hate, I cry. I continue onward forever As I have traveled always. Who can know the way? Only the Great Light directs us.

@wenby5054

4 жыл бұрын

Most eximious.

@FEAROWNAGE

3 жыл бұрын

Reference?

@amanitamuscaria3236

Жыл бұрын

Where is it from?

@amanitamuscaria3236

Жыл бұрын

Vonnegut?

Krzysztof Penderecki is a master in aleatoric composition.

@robertocaesar

Жыл бұрын

But this is not aleatoric

@ivanrivas9273

Жыл бұрын

...and aleatoric is not composition

If you like this try Penderecki's "Utrenja" for a mind-blowing experience

The chord at 14:47 is mind bogglingly horrifying. Just makes me want to gouge out my eyes, stab my ear drums, rip it my tongue all at once. I don't understand it. Great!

@FEAROWNAGE

3 жыл бұрын

You watched Event Horizon before typing this comment, didn’t you?

@arionthedeer7372

3 жыл бұрын

@@FEAROWNAGE lol

@cowgirl9014

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe the Event Horizon crew heard this and...

wonderful !!!!!!! thanks !!!!!!

Thanks for posting, amazing to finally hear another interpretation after the original lp.

@alejov923

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment.

R.I.P Penderecki 29.03.2020

Great music.Young, sonoristic penderecki was a genius!

I think this is one of the best intense pieces that Penderecki did, sometimes I feel like threnody is better, but I like the cosmic horror this one gives off

Wow. What a trip that was🌙

@_DarkEmperor

4 жыл бұрын

Fun :-)

que grande pieza, muchas gracias por esta publicación :D lm/

A very interesting score by Penderecki before his conversion to neo-romanticism. Some indices of stylistic changes are nevertheless perceptible, but it is impossible to guess where they will led the composer, and certainly not in that future direction. It seems rather to bring him into the general trends of many "progressist" composers of that time.

A faceless horror slinking through the darkness, peaking through your window.

As soon as I put this on it feels like there’s someone behind me

Ceci est plus que le reflet d'une époque. C'est un astéroïde fantôme qui revient jeter son dévolu sur l'art sonore. Une onde décadente chargée de paradoxes d'où s'échappent l'obscurantisme et l'irrationnel, facteurs hypnotiques défiant les âmes vulnérables en quête d'absolu. Cette architecture sonore est comme un court tunnel qui mène à la lumière noire

I first listened to Penderecki in my 20’s when I heard he won European Music awards, I loved his music, a secret unknown is Kosmogonia in 1970 for chorus and orchestra, on vinyl is was a show stopper. I have a considerable Penderecki collection, now he is gone, his music will live with me until the day I die.

@Jolanta3818

Жыл бұрын

Ło matko różne człowieki są na ten świat.

The sound of madness in space.

@ianwilkinson4602

4 жыл бұрын

Space is a terrifying place, this music is an ideal accompaniment .

Rest in Peace

Listening to this with my tea and custard cream.

thank you!

Helps me fall asleep.

How to have goosebumps for 18 minutes: Close your eyes while listening to this

I need new words to describe . . . Thank you

Great work!

14:59 scared the absolute crap out of me!

That chorus with the huge brass behind it sounds massive. Chills.

This is the breath of Shiva, destroyer of worlds

Obra fantástica da fase contemporânea mais radical de Penderecki; Possui recursos sonoros surrealistas de coral, extensa percussão e vozes solistas estratosféricas, que somente veremos em poucos autores como Gyorgy Ligety. Antoni Wit é um consagrado regente de obras clássicas e nos surpreende com seu talento em mais essa fabulosa interpretação.

It feels in outerspace!

whoever listens to it, on your knees

i accidentally discovered his music , back in 1983 ... as a polish university teacher came to visit my father and offered him " te deum lacrimosa " my dad never got that music , but i gave it a chance , as i was barely fifteen and nowadays i realize even more , his creative genius !!!

absolut genial !!!

I guess all we here also share a common love for Scriabin, Ligeti and the Yamashiro Art Orchestra.

is it weird i find this relaxing

@wenby5054

4 жыл бұрын

No, it is not. It is very therapeutic.

Kosmogonia dates from before the radical changes of the art of Penderecki towards a post-wagnerian aesthetics.

Co za piękna mroczna dusza

Wow ¡Tengo que escuchar a Penderecki más seguido!

This is what I imagine space would sound like if there was sound in space

This is a master work.

@Jolanta3818

Жыл бұрын

Raczej szatańskie.

@TadDoylemusic

Жыл бұрын

@@Jolanta3818 This goes beyond any religion or nonreligion bullshit. To me, this is pure beauty, chaos, and sonic fractal. :) No gods, no masters, except Penderecki. Ha!

@patryk4323

Жыл бұрын

@@TadDoylemusic this peace is about bigining of the universe in chaos.

It makes you want to go insane

The musicians composer.

Brilliant Piece! However, Its strange I never hear of anyone speaking about Giacinto Scelsi... Well whatever, still a great composer!

@DerrickthePinecone

4 жыл бұрын

Scelsi is absolutely brilliant! One of the most underrated composers. If you name-drop him amongst the crowd, you're bound to have most people not know who he is, even amongst those that are fans of avant-garde/experimental artists, and the gurus of electronic music and this whole world. Scelsi is massively underrated!

@dzordzszs

4 ай бұрын

From what I've seen, he is not too unknown in such communities but he is indeed very rarely spoken about despite having many great works.

When you think of space in orchestral music, what songs come to mind? Maybe, "buhhh, buhhh, buhhh, BAH BAH!" from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Well, I personally think Kosmogonia is the most accurate depiction of outer space. Like Kosmogonia's random bells, chimes, and hissing drums, you may feel very insignificant and afraid once you realize just how vast and weird and unknown the rest of the universe is.

If 2001 a space odyssey was a song

Потрясающе!!! здравствуйте

Whatta guy!!!!!!!