Above: composer Krzysztof Penderecki
Gustavo Dudamel conducted a monumental performance of Krzysztof Penderecki’s SEVEN GATES OF JERUSALEM in 2008 with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar. A brief clip at the start shows the composer at a rehearsal.
Following the Dudamel performance, Penderecki appears onstage, to tumultuous applause.
Watch and listen here.
I have loved this piece ever since I attended the US premiere in 1998:
Oberon's Glade 
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