David Zinman is an American conductor.
David Zinman conducting the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra in 1971
The Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, also known as the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, is a symphony in three movements composed by Henryk Górecki in Katowice, Poland, between October and December 1976. The work
David Zinman
…du Disque, and two Edison Awards for his recordings, including a Grammy Award for Best Classical Album. Zinman's 1992 recording of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony no.3 with Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta was an international bestseller. Zinman's first marriage to Leslie Heyman ended in divorce. He later was…
The Palace in Zakopane, the former Nazi Gestapo prison, was where the composer took an inscription scrawled on a cell wall for the composition of his symphony.
Madonna and Child, 15th century (venerated in Górecki's Katowice)
Lemminkäinen's Mother (1897) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela is an earlier evocation of the themes of motherhood and war explored in Górecki's Third Symphony. This work depicts a scene from the Finnish epic poem Kalevala.