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Magammahm is an orchestral composition dedicated to and premiered by Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, conducted by Maciej Koczur at Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Hall in Katowice, Poland, 19/12/2021.

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland within the programme 
„Collections” – the priority „Composition Commissions” implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

Magammahm for chamber orchestra [2021]

OMN/Bywalec
NOSPR Chamber Hall, 15.01.2017

a 6 [+1] (Andrzej Kwieciński)

03/04

Concerto for piano and computer (2019)

Waves (Eugeniusz Rudnik in memoriam) for electronics (2020)

Cezary Duchnowski (1971*) - cROSSFAdE 1 for accordion, cello and electronics (2011)
Magdalena Bojanowicz-Koziak - cello
Rafał Łuc - accordion
Recorded at Złotówek 7 Studio on June 1st 2019
Mixing: Cezary Duchnowski

Recording comes from Rafał Łuc's cROSSFAdE album - chamber accordion works by Cezary Duchnowski

"The compositions from the cROSSFAdE series formally are dedicated to duos, either understood as classically conceived musi- cal ensembles, or in a different way, taking into consid- eration the particular way of dashing against each other two different artistic visions. The field of penetration is an attempt to catch the phenomena on their edges, not as an effect of a compromise but rather a fusion of radi- cal standpoints.”. 
Cezary Duchnowski

Album is released by Requiem Records and available at:
https://opus-series.com/pl/sklep/_crossfade_duchnowski_accordion_chamber_works

Cezary Duchnowski - cROSSFAdE 1

Najnowsza kameralna płyta Rafała Łuca z utworami Cezarego Duchnowskiego. Album zawiera 5 kompozycji z okresu 2011-2019, które zostały nagrane i wydane po raz pierwszy. Akordeoniście towarzyszą znakomici muzycy: Joanna Freszel - sopran, Magdalena Bojanowicz-Koziak - wiolonczela, Miłosz Pękala - perkusja oraz partner Rafała z Duo van Vliet - altowiolista Ian Anderson.
Za warstwę elektroniki odpowiada sam kompozytor, który wraz z Ewą Guziołek-Tubelewicz współrealizował nagrania.

 „Permanentne zmiany są treścią naszej rzeczywistości. Im bardziej niepostrzeżenie zmieniają się nasz światopogląd, hierarchia wartości czy gusta, tym mniej złożona, niż jest w rzeczywistości, wydaje się ścieżka przemiany”. Cezary Duchnowski

Text Elfriede Jelinek | translation Karolina Bikont for any melodic instrument, any harmonic instrument, percussion and electronics, without video 2018

Rafał Łuc "cROSSFAdE" – The Rage

Cezary Duchnowski (1971*) - Fere Vetus Canticum for accordion, voice and electronics (2012)
Joanna Freszel - soprano
Rafał Łuc - accordion
Recorded at Polish Radio Studio S4/6 on July 24-25 2019
Sound engineer: Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz
Mixing: Cezary Duchnowski

Recording comes from Rafał Łuc's cROSSFAdE album - chamber accordion works by Cezary Duchnowski

“Transition is a part of humanity. We die, but live on in our songs. Sing and play them serenely, without much emotion”.
Cezary Duchnowski

Album is released by Requiem Records and available at:
https://opus-series.com/index.php?lang=pl&p=sklep&f&c&t=album&st=data&o&pid=59&page=0&fbclid=IwAR0VQou_V6R5x01kUVXXXh0mfxpDWRFLXRPC9TfbZdX3ApCLyhVfv7V9XLg

Cezary Duchnowski - Fere Vetus Canticum

„Hordiaver” for chamber orchestra (2016-2017)
dedicated to Szymon Bywalec and Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
fl, ob, cl, bsn | tpt, hrn, trbn, tba | 2 perc | acc, 2 pno | vln 1, vln 2, vl, vc, cb

Performed by: 
Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, Szymon Bywalec - conductor

Recording: Piotr Papier
Mix: Piotr Papier
Mastering: Paweł Hendrich

The work's title combines three words: horizontal, diagonal, and vertical, representing three types of musical narrative that make up its form.

Notwithstanding a developing orchestral timbre and texture, the initial fragment is harmonically static. Pitches oscillate between B♭ and B. The listener's may perceive the narrative of that section as a motionless, horizontal line. After several minutes comes a gradual development, with the plot unfolding simultaneously on several levels. The harmony changes in a fluid way, one articulation leading into another, and so forth. The resulting imitations and counterpoints bring to mind a diagonal structure. Many threads intertwine, creating complex skews. Musical events become swifter, the plot proceeding to another episode where the action is often interrupted as if by vertical lines, symbolizing the verticality indicated in the work's title.

After this section, we go back to the horizontal-like static narrative. As before in the introduction, a sonoristic section with a horizontal narrative is followed by a diagonal section, then by another episode full of sudden, vertical turns.

The work's ending is built in a similar fashion. Here, three instruments play a key role: the accordion, violin, and cello, whose dialogues are violently interrupted by the orchestra. From the beginning of the composition, musicians playing those instruments play semi-soloistic, virtuoso parts, rising somewhat above the ensemble, only to reassume the role of accompanists and blend into the orchestral apparatus. Because of this treatment, we can never be sure if they are truly soloists, as their parts rarely come to the fore.

Commissioned by The Institute of Music and Dance (IMiT) during Composer-in-residence programme.

Hordiaver (2016-2017)

Paweł Hendrich was born in 1979 in Wrocław (Poland). After studying engineering and economics at the Wrocław University of Economics he studied composition at the K. Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław (prof. Grażyna Pstrokońska Nawratil) and at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne (prof. York Höller). 

The works of Paweł Hendrich have been performed at concerts and festivals in Austria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United States of America.

The composer has received commissions from: Warsaw Autumn Festival (Ensemble Musikfabrik, Basel Sinfonietta), Deutschlandfunk (Kwartludium), Goethe-Institut, BHF BANK Stiftung and Ensemble Modern, The Municipality of Wrocław (NOSPR), Polish Institute in Madrid (PluralEnsemble), Institute of Music and Dance, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej, Chain Ensemble, The Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra, National Forum of Music (Lutosławski Quartet, LutosAir Quintet, NFM Leopoldinum String Trio), ZAiKS Polish Authors' Association as well as from the Polish Composers' Union (Pablostrom, Orkest de Ereprijs).

For several years now, he has been programming, composing and performing live electroacoustic music. With Cezary Duchnowski and Sławomir Kupczak he founded the electroacoustic group Phonos ek Mechanes. So far, trio has performed at festivals of improvised, contemporary and electroacoustic music, and at concerts in Poland and abroad.

In 2010 DUX released Paweł Hendrich's monographic record Chamber Works and in 2017 second one called Metaforma. In 2012 Bôłt Records released Phonos ek Mechanes’ first CD called C+-. Furthermore his music is also released on over a dozen other CDs.

Hordiaver (2016-2017)

Paweł Hendrich

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