Polish composer Krysztof Penderecki is set to conduct in Oxford in May
RENOWNED Polish composer Krysztof Penderecki, best known for such
works as 'St Luke Passion' and 'Threnody For The Victims Of
Hiroshima', will be conducting the Oxford Philharmonic at Oxford's
Sheldonian Theatre on 18th May. In a four page article in the April
edition of BBC Music Magazine Penderecki said, "Perhaps in the
difficult times it was easier for composers. Because all artists are
important in the bad times. Art was central to everything. It was how
we could express ourselves and it was important and necessary. The
theatre, particularly, was part of the argument, the revolution. Now -
not so much. In Poland most people are better off. It is like the
West. And the more comfortable they are, the less they care about
artistic invention."