Music
Lumen spei… for string quartet 2020-2022
Lumen spei…- the light of hope. It is a response to the search of the composer connected with the subject matter of light. Light that liberates and at the same time attracts with its force to considering divine secrets. Hence the decision towards the inspiration by the Old Christian method of meditation, Lectio divina, from whose structure the names of the three parts of the work are derived: meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio.
performers:
Messages Quartet:
- Małgorzata Wasiucionek – violin I
- Oriana Masternak – violin II
- Maria Shetty – viola
- Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska – cello
duration: 12’
premiere: 27.07 2022, during the 45th Karol Szymanowski Days in Zakopane, Poland
The return to the source a musical story for children for a chamber ensemble and an actor (2020-2021)
„One rainy day Frank finds his diary. He begins to read, thus inviting him into a part of his childhood world where he and his sister have interesting adventures.”.
The musical story “The return to the source” directs the attention of the young listener to the value of relationship with another human being, communing with nature, the ability to follow signs. The music familiarizes the listener with a great variety of colours of percussion instruments, strings, winds and harp, as well as makes them sensitive to symbols, emotions and moods contained in the content of the piece.
text: Katarzyna Błaszczyńska
performers:
- Mateusz Olszewski, actor
- Chamber musicians of NOSPR
- Maciej Tomasiewicz, conductor
duration: 30′
premiere: 30.05.2021, concert hall of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Septem verba… for symphony orchestra (2019)
The seven words of Christ on the cross
A one-part piece, composed of seven internal parts, each of which is inspired by a different sentence uttered by Jesus just before his death:
- Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.
- Today you will be with me in paradise.
- Woman, behold, thy son! Behold, thy mother!
- My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
- I thirst.
- It is finished.
- Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
The piece is full of contemplation, symbolism, and emotion. It strives for unity, simplicity, and peace in the variety of musical thoughts, which includes both lyricism and drama.
Performed by: the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
conducted by Szymon Bywalec
Premiere at the 8th Festival of Premieres 2019
Totus Tuus. Maria Fatima in memoriam. na chór mieszany a cappella (2018)
Wykonanie: Camerata Silesia-Zespół Śpiewaków Miasta Katowice
dyr. Anna Szostak
Prawykonanie Koncert online “Camerata Silesia Janowi Pawłowi II”
My God is hungry for choir and percussion (2016)
It was inspired by a poem by Fr. Jan Twardowski, Hungry. The piece is a play of opposites: a subtle sound with great volume, homophony with polyphony, sadness with joy, screaming with silence and hope. The percussion colours and enlivens the contemplative part of the choir, and the symbolically treated woodblocks and marimba referring to the tree of the cross deserve attention. The melody has a similar meaning, the sloping direction of the main theme reflects the look from above, and the modal scales give the piece a passionate nature. The culmination of emotions finds an outlet in the final chorale, which is a focus on what is most important…
Performed by: Camerata Silesia – Katowice City Singers Group, Radio Percussion Group
conducted by Anna Szostak
Premiere at the 7th Festival of Premieres 2017
Sicut in caelo… for string orchestra (2017)
The song was inspired by the “Pater noster”.
The piece has a three-part structure: sprituoso, energico, corale-misterioso.
Performed by: Jaworzno City String Orchestra “Archetti”
conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz
The world premiere at the Silesian Rostrum of Composers 2019
Totus Tuus. Maria Fatima in memoriam. na chór mieszany a cappella (2018)
Wykonanie: Camerata Silesia-Zespół Śpiewaków Miasta Katowice
dyr. Anna Szostak
Prawykonanie Koncert online “Camerata Silesia Janowi Pawłowi II”
Sicut in caelo… for string orchestra (2017)
The song was inspired by the “Pater noster”.
The piece has a three-part structure: sprituoso, energico, corale-misterioso.
Performed by: Jaworzno City String Orchestra “Archetti”
conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz
The world premiere at the Silesian Rostrum of Composers 2019
My God is hungry for choir and percussion (2016)
It was inspired by a poem by Fr. Jan Twardowski, Hungry. The piece is a play of opposites: a subtle sound with great volume, homophony with polyphony, sadness with joy, screaming with silence and hope. The percussion colours and enlivens the contemplative part of the choir, and the symbolically treated woodblocks and marimba referring to the tree of the cross deserve attention. The melody has a similar meaning, the sloping direction of the main theme reflects the look from above, and the modal scales give the piece a passionate nature. The culmination of emotions finds an outlet in the final chorale, which is a focus on what is most important…
Performed by: Camerata Silesia – Katowice City Singers Group, Radio Percussion Group
conducted by Anna Szostak
Premiere at the 7th Festival of Premieres 2017
In principio… for harp, cello and piano (2015)
The inspiration for the creation of In principio… was the Prologue of the Gospel according to St. John. The composition is in one piece, but there are three distinct links in it, each one referring to a different fragment of the biblical text. The first one refers to the words: In the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The middle one: “In Him was life, and life was the Light of men.” The last one: “And the Light shines in the dark, and the darkness has not overwhelmed it.” The work is based on a number of characteristic musical thoughts, which are sound reflections of the new life unfolding under the mother’s heart, with which the composer connects the creation of the world and man, mentioned in the Prologue. In principio…, according to the author’s intention, should transfer the listener into the space of eternal peace and infinity.
Performance: NOSPR chamber musicians:
- Piotr Kopiński, piano
- Krzysztof Waloszczyk, harp
- Karolina Nowak-Waloszczyk, cello
Premiere during the Silesian Days of Contemporary Music 2016 festival