Symphony No. 3 (Lutosławski)
Witold Lutosławski wrote his Symphony No. 3 in 1973–1983. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti, gave the world premiere on 29 September 1983.
The work is dedicated to Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. It was awarded the
Analysis
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Many passages in the Symphony no. 3 employ Lutosławski's by-then well developed technique which he called "
At the beginning of the illustrated page from the score, for instance, the woodwinds and brass (notated at the top of the page) are playing short repeated passages. The composer specifies completely the music for each player, leaving the interpretation to the individuals: only the co-ordination between the parts is unspecified. The strings (notated at the bottom of the page) join the texture by sections: first the violins, then the violas, the cellos and lastly the basses, all playing rapid repeating figures. The string players do not coordinate their playing (even within sections) except for their entries. These entries are indicated by the conductor, as instructed by the down-arrows above the string parts.
Other parts of the symphony (the very beginning and the very end, for example) call for rhythmic synchronization of the orchestra, and are notated more traditionally.
Instrumentation
The symphony calls for a large orchestra, consisting of:
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Recordings
Orchestra | Conductor | Record Company | Year of Recording | Catalog # |
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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
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Witold Lutosławski | Philips Records | 1985 | 464 043-2 |
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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Esa-Pekka Salonen | Sony Classical
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1985 | SK66280 |
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra | Witold Lutosławski | CD Accord | 1992 | ACD 015 |
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Erato Records | 1992 | 91711-2 |
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra | Antoni Wit | Naxos Records
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1995 | 8.553423 |
BBC National Orchestra of Wales | Tadaaki Otaka | BIS Records | 1995 | CD743 |
Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
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Miroslaw Blaszczyk | Dux | 2005 | 0506 |
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Edward Gardner | Chandos | 2010 | CHSA 5082 |
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Hannu Lintu | Ondine | 2020 | ODE 1332-5 |
The first recording was awarded the Grammophone Contemporary Award 1986 and the Koussevitzky Prix Mondial du Disque (Paris 1986).
References
- Witold Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 (3.Symfonia) – information page for the work from the publisher, Chester Novello (accessed 2007-03-31)
- Lutosławski, Witold. Symphony no. 3 (score). London: Chester Music, 1990. ISBN 978-0-7119-2368-3