KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI'S MUSIC IN THE CONTEXT OF 20TH-CENTURY THEATRE. STUDIES, ESSAYS AND MATERIALS

Kraków 1999, format B5, streszczenia polskie/Polish summary, objętość/number of pages: 304 stron/pages, ISBN 83-87182-15-X
Materials of International Symposium Krzysztof Penderecki`s Music in the Context of 20th-century Theatre. The Symposium was part of the Festival of Krzysztof Penderecki, organized within the duration of the Year of Krzysztof Penderecki.

Zawartość/Content:

INTRODUCTION

J. Błoński, An Introduction to Contemporary Theatre

R.S. Hatten, Penderecki's Operas in the Context of Twentieth-century Opera

K. Szwajgier, The Avantgarde and Avantgardism as Exemplified by Penderecki

FROM THE MOST RECENT WORKS OF PENDERECKI

R. Robinson, Elements of Synthesis in Penderecki's "Symphony No. 7: Seven Gates of Jerusalem"

T. Malecka, Penderecki's Hymn "Glory to St Daniil, Prince of Moscow"

R. Robinson, Krzysztof Penderecki's "Credo" (1996-98): A Brief Introduction

THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN AND THE THEATRE OF MORAL ANGST

E. Boniecki, Penderecki's "The Devils of Loudun" and the Case of Urban Grandier

Z. Helman, "The Devils of Loudun". Genre – Form – Style,

S. Downes, Daughters of Kundry? Laughter and the Grotesque in Penderecki's The Devils of Loudun

A. Tuchowski, The Music Theatre in Relation to Societehnical Problems: "The Devils of Loudun" as Seen in Contrast to "Peter Grimes" and other Operas by B. Britten

PARADISE LOST AND THE REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS THEATRE

P.A. Castanet, Messiaen et l'avnement de l'opéra religieux

N. O'Loughlin, The Dramatic, Musical and Biblical Context of Schönberg's "Moses und Aron"

I. Mamczarz, Origine et développement de la sacra rappresentazione

R. Chłopicka, "Paradise Lost": A Contemporary Interpretation of the Biblical Story of Salvation

R. Robinson, Some Problems of Instrumentation in Penderecki's Opera Paradise Lost

E. Wójtowicz, Some Harmonic Aspects of Krzysztof Penderecki's Paradise Lost

A. Draus, Krzysztof Penderecki, Paradise Lost. From Milton's Poem to the sacra rappresentazione Libretto

THE BLACK MASK AND THE THEATRE OF EXTREME EMOTIONS

T. Chrzanowski, The Theology of Horror

R. Chłopicka, A Contemporary Expressionistic Vision of danse macabre

A. Łabędzka, Krzyszof Penderecki's Opera "The Black Mask" as a Starting Point for a Comparative Study of Middle-European Baroque and Modernism

UBU REX AND THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD

Z. Skowron, Ubu Rex and the Theatre of the Absurd. Several Observations 

I. Lindstedt, From Rossini to the Contemporary Avantgarde. The Interplay 

M.A. Harley, Penderecki's "Ubu Rex" and Surrealism in Polish Music Theatre

A. Chłopecki, The Pataphysical Context of the New Opera

DISCUSSION / DYSKUSJA

On producing Krzysztof Penderecki's Works for the Stage

Wokół realizacji dzieł scenicznych Krzysztofa Pendereckiego

Documentation of the Symposium