Krzysztof Penderecki\'s "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" is a powerful and moving composition written in 1960 in memory of the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The piece is scored for
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Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Symphony No. 3, his St Luke Passion, Polish Requiem, Anaklasis and Utrenja. His oeuvre includes five operas, eight symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.