To celebrate the release of Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) performed the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki, Beth Gibbons has announced an international run of screenings of the film. The project’s Musical Director Jason Hazely and Beth Gibbons will be in attendance in London, Paris and Berlin. Both screenings at London’s Barbican are now sold out. Melkweg Cinema (Amsterdam) will screen the performance on March 31st.
In anticipation of the release, watch a behind the scenes clip of conductor Penderecki discussing Gibbons’ process of vocal preparations ahead of the performance.
Both an audio and film recording of the performance will be available worldwide on 29th March 2019.
Beth Gibbons is the vocalist, songwriter, producer and co-founder (together with Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley) of the band Portishead and a solo artist in her own right. The album marks the first music from Beth Gibbons since 2008.
Henryk Górecki (1933 – 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music, believed to be the most commercially successful classical composer in recent times, with previous versions of his Third Symphony, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, having sold over a million copies.
Krzysztof Penderecki has been hailed as Poland’s greatest living composer, and conductor. His music was introduced to a wider audience through its use soundtracking movies such as The Shining and The Exorcist.
The film was produced by the National Audiovisual Institute, Poland and directed by Michał Merczyński.
Tickets for the screening in Amsterdam are available via Ticketmaster.