III Symfonia (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, op. 36)

Symphony No. 3 (Symfonia pieśni żałosnych, Op. 36) is a symphony by Polish composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, composed in 1976. The work features slow, spare orchestral textures and a solo soprano set to Polish lamentation texts, marking a move away from Górecki's earlier avant-garde techniques toward a more consonant, meditative idiom that influenced his later compositions and aspects of late 20th-century classical music.