This symphony was popularized by a (*) 1991 London Sinfonietta recording featuring Dawn Upshaw as the soprano soloist.
The second movement of this work ends with the entire orchestra holding a B flat-D flat dyad. Towards the beginning of that movement of this work, the low strings and the woodwinds hold the same B flat -D flat dyad as a solo vocalist enters singing the word "Mamo." This work's second movement features a recurring melodic fragment of an eighth note, dotted quarter note, whole note rhythm with the pitches [READ SLOWLY] "E-G sharp-F sharp." This symphony begins with the double basses playing a 24-bar theme in the E Aeolian mode that develops into a canon with eight parts. This symphony was popularized by a (*) 1991 London Sinfonietta recording featuring Dawn Upshaw as the soprano soloist. Each movement of this symphony is set to a lament written by a woman, including a prayer to the Virgin Mary found scrawled on the wall of a Gestapo jail. For 10 points, name this most famous symphony by Polish composer Henryk Gorecki.
The second movement of this work ends with the entire orchestra holding a B flat-D flat dyad.
Symphony of Sorrowful Songs [or  Gorecki Symphony No,  3; or  Go re cki' s T h ird  Symphony]