Through The Looking Glass I (Paweł Szymański)

Jazz Suite (D. Szostakowicz) 
5. Little Polka
NOSPR

Jazz Suite (Dymitr Szostakowicz) 05 Little Polka

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

"Just a Little Beat" for chamber ensemble and computer (2022/2023)
fl, sax | tpt, tbn | perc | pno | vln, vc, cb | comp

Performed by: 
Studio Dan

Daniel Riegler – conducting, trombone 
Thomas Frey – flute
Clemens Salesny – alto saxophone 
Dominik Fuss – trumpet
Raphael Meinhart – percussion
Michael Tiefenbacher – piano / MIDI keyboard 
Sophia Goidinger-Koch – conducting, violin 
Maiken Beer – cello
Philipp Kienberger – double bass
Werner Angerer – sound engineer
Alexander Forstner – production

Recording & Mix: Piotr Papier
Mastering: Paweł Hendrich

Just a Little Beat is the first piece composed by Paweł Hendrich for the Studio Dan. The specific nature of this ensemble is that its members are both traditionally trained classical musicians, as well as improvisers and jazzmen. The work is therefore strictly composed in terms of form and content, and includes the equally important elements of improvisation on composer-defined sound material. This allows the musicians to realize their full potential.

In Just a Little Beat the composer innovatively applies techniques (of sound production and rhythm construction) derived from popular and club music. Thus, the composition is an example of an interesting intermingling of popular music genres with the content and form of contemporary music – as a rule, extremely distant from each other.

The title of the composition is a play on words derived from the English term "just a little bit”. The word "beat" inserted in the title in place of "bit” refers to the rhythmicity of electronic popular and club music (such as pop-synth, dubstep, big beat, breakbeat, hip-hop). The track contains just "just a little" of this rhythmicity, and the rhythms used in the composition do not break through to the foreground, but are – contrary to the original – not obvious and often quite intricate. The second element, in addition to the rhythm, which refers to the above popular genres, is the transfer to the electronic and instrumental layer of the work of the characteristic sonorities of various genres of club music. Nonetheless, these sounds will be combined with non-octave harmonics, characteristic of the composer, therefore not evoking associations with any genre of dance music.

In the piece, the composer develops his concept of musical games, which he applied when writing the string quartet "Thall'Em All" (2022) or the piano concerto "Phantomaticon" (2021). The concept is that some parts of the piece take the form of a musical game, having the characteristics of a puzzle and board game with strictly defined rules. Paweł Hendrich's musical game contains both elements (actions – longer sections and gestures – shorter sections) and musical connections, i.e. types of transitions between these elements. When performing a piece, the musicians individually decide how they will "pass the game", while, of course, following the rules set by the composer.

Work commissioned by National Forum of Music (NFM)

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
within the programme “Composing Commissions” implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Just a Little Beat (2022-2023)

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

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.

Just a Little Beat (2022-2023)

Paweł Hendrich

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