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"Breaking News" for symphony orchestra and synthetic voice (2011)
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Program Note
To some extent, the spirit of times manifests itself through the current news.The composition “Breaking News” for symphony orchestra and synthetic voice uses chosen last year’s press headlines. The choice maid, as well as the processes, which were applied to the text and music material can be understood as a composer’s commentary to the current reality.
“Man decapitates apparent stranger in Canary Island supermarket.”
“Brain chemical memory link found.”
“Super aggregation of humpback whales gorging on the large swarm of Antarctic krill.”
“Security forces kill 4 protesters in Yemen.”
“World financial crisis curtail search for extraterrestrial life.”
Work commissioned by 54. International Festival of Contemporary Music ‘Warsaw Autumn’; written in the spring and summer of 2011.
Performances
- September 24, 2011; Piotr Sałajczyk (keyboard), National Philharmony Symphony Orchestra, Lucas Vis (dir); 54. "Warsaw Autumn" Festival
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"Cry Little Baby, Cry" Miniconcerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (2011)
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The composition was written in the Fall and Winter of 2010 and 2011, with Piotr Pławner, Marek Moś and AUKSO Orchestra in mind as the performers.
The word "mini" in the title refers to rather small size of the piece, especially as for a violin concerto, as well as to the relations to minimalist aesthetics present in the music.Performances
- March 27, 2011; Piotr Pławnet (vn), AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, Marek Moś (dir); 4. PRNSO Premieres Festival, Fitelberg Hall, MCK Katowice
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"King of the Cosmos Disappears" Concerto for Orchestra, Threads and Piano (2009)
perf.: Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Oksana Rapita (pno), Michał Klauza (dir.); live recording
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In the primary school I knew a guy, who claimed he was the King of the Cosmos. He told me in secret that soon he would be taken from Earth by a spaceship, to take reign over the universe. After one of the holidays he didn't show up in school and I never saw him again. But I expect to hear about him in future.
Performances
- May 8, 2010; Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Michał Klauza, Oksana Rapita (pno); 27. Musica Polonica Nova Festival; Wrocław Philharmony Concert Hall
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"Dark Haired Girl in a Black Sports Car" for chamber orchestra (2009)
perf.: The London Sinfonietta, David Atherton (dir); live recording
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One day, I stopped at red light next to a dark haired girl in a black sports car. She was looking ahead and slightly swaying her had to the music from radio. I think she was also crooning something, but I could hardly hear because of the city noise. After a minute, never looking in my direction, she drove away.
Work was commissioned by 52. International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn".Performances
- October 14, 2010; Chamber Philharmony Pardubice, Marko Ivanovic; IMF Radio Autumn; Martinu Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
- September 19, 2009; The London Sinfonietta, David Atherton; 52. Warsaw Autumn, The Witold Lutos?awski Concerto Studio of The Polish Radio
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"Frisk" for symphony orchestra (2007)
perf.: University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Wansoo Cho (dir); live recording
Program Note
- frisk |frisk|
- verb
- 1 [ trans. ] (of a police officer or other official) pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items.
- 2 [ intrans. ] (of an animal or person) skip or leap playfully; frolic: this did not deter the foal from frisking about. [ trans. ] (of an animal) move or wave (its tail or legs) playfully: a horse was frisking his back legs like a colt.
"Frisk" was written in April 2007 in Louisville, especially for the University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra.
Performances
- October 2, 2007; The University of Louisville Symphony Orchestra, Wansoo Cho (dir); New Music Festival in Louisville
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"Last Days of Wanda B." for string orchestra (2006)
perf.: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra, Marek Moś (dir); studio recording
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The piece is most of all a sonic impression, but also a record of emotions accompanying a farewell, as well as a set of fragmentary memories mixed with quotes from the favourite melodies of Wanda B., to whom it is dedicated.
Performances
- March 24, 2011; Chamber National Philharmony Orchestra in Warsaw, Jan Lewtak; Music Thursday Meetings; Chamber Concert Hall of the National Philharmony in Warsaw
- May 30, 2009; AUKSO, Marek Moś; Concert Cycle of the New Theatre in Warsaw; Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw
- September 21, 2008; Leopoldinum Orchestra, Ernst Kovacic; International Contemporary Music Festival Warsaw Autumn; Chamber Hall of the National Philharmony in Warsaw
- July 16, 2007; AUKSO, Marek Mos; VII Summer Music Festival in Rycerka Górna; The Mother of God of Kazimierz Sanctuary in Rajcza
Recordings
- January 13, 2009; AUKSO, Marek Moś; sound engineering: Julita Emanuiłow, Beata Jankowska-Burzynska; Concert Hall of The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice