Pawel Strzelecki: "The Rover" on Joseph Conrad [opera fragments, 2020-2025]

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Opening [soloists, choir & orchestra] (2020) of the lyric opera "The Rover" to the libretto on Joseph Conrad (under construction).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPwM0H9be50&t=3s

Pawel Strzelecki: 1. Opening /Orch. & Choir/ (2020) ["The Rover" ("Il pirata") on Joseph Conrad ].

Short Interlude for orchestra (2024), element of the lyric opera "The Rover" to the libretto on Joseph Conrad (under construction).

Pawel Strzelecki: "Night Interlude" for Orchestra (2024) ["The Rover" on Joseph Conrad].

Opening scene:
1) Peyrol leaves his ship in Toulon harbour after dekades of his absence in his homeland.
2) Peyrol is walking through the harbour towards offices' building.
3) Peyrol's "Leitmotif" (introduced in Ouverture).
4) Peyrol's recitativo accompagnato with sigh motives (exposed in Ouverture).
5) Peyrol sings: "I left ship in Toulon, in my homeland, in my homeland".
6) The lights on the water's surface. Peyrol entered Harbour offices' building (orchestral "comment").
7) The near church bell tolls introducing next "number".

Pawel Strzelecki: 2. In Toulon Harbour. Scene 1 (2024) ["The Rover"/"Il pirata" on Joseph Conrad].

‘ne obliviscaris fabam’
Travel Stories.
Track created in 2024.

Tribute to Ringo who returned fairly quickly from a famous "holiday camp" in Rishikesh in 1968, the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi where many masterpieces of the White Album were composed.

Tools :
Pam’s, Marbles.
- Drum2 (space snare) > Rings > Zagrzeb > Desmodus Versio.
- Basimilus.
- DFAM > DSP (reverb).
Zadar, Ochd, Batumi.
Sinc Defero, Mutes, Buff Mult.
StMix, Black stereo mixer, Listen IO.
- RD-700GX (GX Strings 1).
Recorded live and mastered with Logic Pro X.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Two Bags for Rishikesh [travel stories]

Scevola's story in the eyes of Peyrol and Arlette (2024), "The Rover" to the libretto on Joseph Conrad (under construction).

Pawel Strzelecki: Scevola's Story (2024) ["The Rover"/"Il pirata" on Joseph Conrad]

Peyrol's first tartana-boat race [orchestral fragment] (2025) from the lyric opera "The Rover" to the libretto on Joseph Conrad (under construction).

Pawel Strzelecki: The First Tartana's Race (2025) ["The Rover"/"Il pirata" on Joseph Conrad].

2021..... this was remastered in 2025, but I had to utilize a stem seperator, as I have no idea where the masters are.

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A new song........

 "A "quiet storm" personality refers to individuals who possess intense and passionate feelings but express them in a subtle, understated way. They may not be loud or boisterous, but they have a powerful presence and a deep well of emotions that can erupt unexpectedly. "

Lyrics:

Drifting in and out, like shadows in the moon
Quiet but loud, in the stillness of the room
A riddle that is confusing, a walking contradiction
Lost in a trance, oh what a dance


Laser-like focus, with dreams that flare bright
No time for small talk, it just drains the light
Overthinking the moments, yet trusting the fall
A hermit craving connection, finding solace in all


Do not disturb, I wear the weight of the world
Shining in chaos, as my spirit is winding
A cryptic poem on the edge of despair
Dying inside to find beauty is so rare


A hopeless soul, painting skies in the mind
Rather be alone, than settle and bind
Craving depth but not drama treading softly through
Choosing battles like flowers, in a garden of blue


Hunger to grow, to evolve in time
A secret rebel, where the heart is always fine
Low key rebellion, with a whisper so clear
Change without chaos leads to hope but not fear


Love deeply and fight, in silence to grow
In the heart of the storm, there's a quiet glow
As the winds of my longing lull me to rest
I drift through the night, searching for the best

Music and Lyrics by Len Bennati FM Folk 2025
Mastered Track: Distrokid Mixea
Image: Harry Nixon

Quiet Storm

On Board HMS Victory's [orchestra].
Peyrol, Arlette and Réal [orchestra with soloists and choir].

Pawel Strzelecki: On Board HMS Victory's. Peyrol, Arlette & Réal (2025) [The Rover on J. Conrad].

33 Thanks in 30 seconds

Thanks to verse
Thanks to trees.
Thanks universe and bees.
Thanks to dogs and cats and ants
Thanks to shoes and socks and pants
Thanks to books and pens and paper
Thanks love and light, all nature
Thanks Dear Earth
Thanks Mum and Dad
Thanks to myself
Less screen
Less fad
Thanks to music, words and wise
Thanks to ears, nose mouth and eyes
Thanks to hands
Thanks to feet
Thanks to heart
Thanks nice to meet

33 Thanks (30 Second Song)

ce titre est dédié a mon ami décédé récemment, il m'a accompagné 40 ans musicalement, son kiff était la funk, il n'aimait pas les paroles, juste les instru qui se parlent...hommage mon ami, en souvenirs de nos soirées funky groove

Hommage mon ami

https://www.safecreative.org/work/2508202833191-el-mundo-conocido

La condición humana

Purple River

[Commission] Deadstar

Polish Composer (M.A., 2002, "F. Chopin" Academy of Music in Warsaw,  Prof. Zbigniew Baginski's class), music theorist (M.A., 2000, "F. Chopin" Academy of Music in Warsaw, under Prof. Maria Piotrowska), musicologist (Ph.D., 2005, University of Warsaw, under Prof. Zbigniew Skowron), researcher, lecturer.
So far he has written 127 pieces: 12 symphonies (2017-2024), 3 symphonic poems (2001-2011), 4 concertos with orchestra (organ, piano, two pianos, flute, 2002-2025), 22 string quartets (2001-2025), 17 sonatas for different solo instruments with piano (violin, cello, oboe, trombone, etc.), chamber music as Piano Trio (1998), Piano Quartet (2021), Piano Quintet (2003), String Trio (2021), numerous songs for voice and piano, sacred works, e.g. Mass for soloists, choir, organ and orchestra (2002, rev. 2024), and electronic music.  
The stylistic and technical parameters describes the text below:
https://pawelstrzelecki.wixsite.com/music
The author of the crucial, first and original book (used as academic manual and present in many libraries) on "New Romanticism" in Polish music after 1975, containing interview of the author with Krzysztof Penderecki (2022, English Language Edition).
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1282565?fbclid=IwAR1Pm40flHnsqH07OsvXdXwV1ZwLeVLOmfrxkqe3wxL5rsJioluBL-2FQ9M#document-details-anchor
Polish edition (2006):
https://mi.pl/pl/p/Pawel-Strzelecki-Nowy-romantyzm-w-tworczosci-kompozytorow-polskich-po-roku-1975/59

The book was quoted in: Andrea Bohlman: "Musical Solidarities. Political Action and Music in Late Twentieth-Century Poland". Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 208, 266. The link to the quotation (p. 208):
https://books.google.pl/books?id=uNnBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA208&dq=bohlman+nowy+romantyzm&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjoyL-x-Lf4AhXOk4sKHUWMChUQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=bohlman%20nowy%20romantyzm&f=false

Pawel Strzelecki: On Board HMS Victory's. Peyrol, Arlette & Réal (2025) [The Rover on J. Conrad].

Pawel Strzelecki, Ph.D.

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