The Miklós Rózsa piece was rather lovely, to begin with, until it got to the obligatory atonal bits after a brief romp through Gypsy territory, shattering - for me at least - the beauty, until it almost recovered towards the end before veering off again.

I'd never heard of Vladimír Godár, so wasn't sure what to expect. Repeating the same phrase varying first the note lengths, and then the vibrato got rather boring after a while, even tossing the odd "new" note did little to alleviate it. It did pick up a bit around the 5-minute mark, and then we were very briefly into the "atonal version" of the same thing before retreating to the original form an octave up. At least I think it probably was, I didn't really bother to check. It climbed once more to atonality and by now I'd lost the will to live. At 12.01 it was probably about 12 minutes too long.

I did, however, pretty much know what to expect from Krzysztof Penderecki. I was not disappointed.

Aram Khachaturian - Mostly harmless, but outstayed its welcome by a fair bit.

Igor Stravinsky - Like the Curate's Egg, good in places. Not something I would listen to again.

Sylvie Bodorová - Nice dramatic intro. I found it rather one-dimensional and thought it would probably have sounded better had it been orchestrated, or at the very least "quintetted".  I can actually hear it as an orchestral piece simply "featuring" the viola.

Back to Krzysztof Penderecki - Oh Gawd, Penderecki with added pizzicato. I can see why this piece is subtitled "(J.S. Bach in Memorium)." It appears to be celebrating the death of everything that is beautiful and splendid about Bach's music.