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Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
musical composition by Krzysztof Penderecki (1960)
Symphony No. 12
symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich
Viola Concerto
composition by William Walton, written 1929, rev. 1961
Jeux vénitiens
Symphony No. 5
symphony by Malcolm Arnold
Cello Sonata
sonata for cello and piano composed by Benjamin Britten
Polymorphia
Polymorphia (Many forms) is a composition for 48 string instruments (24 violins and 8 each of violas, cellos and basses) composed by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki in 1961. The piece was commissioned by the North German Radio Hamburg. It premiered on 16 April 1962 by the radio orchestra and was conducted by Andrzej Markowski. Polymorphia is dedicated to Hermann Moeck, the first of Penderecki’s editors in the West.
Atmosphères
thumb|Ligeti in 1984
Atmosphères is a piece for orchestra, composed by György Ligeti in 1961. It is noted for eschewing conventional melody and metre in favor of dense sound textures. After Apparitions, it was the second piece Ligeti wrote to exploit what he called a "micropolyphonic" texture. It gained further exposure after being used in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey.