The concerts will feature two premieres commissioned by the Polish Composers' Union thanks to support of PZU Foundation. Momento musical for piano for four hands (2017) by Carlos E. Malcolm is the result of composer's experience gained during his stay in Poland. It will be perdormed by the composer and pianist Kyeong-Yeon Seo.
Three women for three women and 10 instruments (2017) by Agnieszka Stulgińska is a piece about feminity, motherhood, difficult life, travelling, space, longing, intimacy, power and generations – all the things that cannot be included in the limited space and notation... A starting point for searching for the timbre was the Polish-Belarusian boarderland where composer's father was born, and a voice of an old woman, the earth. The composition will be premiered by the well-known vocalists Maniucha Bikont and Marta Grzywacz, as well as Hashtag Ensemble.
Admission to all concerts is free.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
December 4, 2017 | Carlos Malcolm
13 Estudios para piano (1963)
Preludio (Allegro mosso)
Fugato (Moderato)
Contrastes (Andantino)
Segundas (Andante con espressivo)
Ritmica (Allegro ben ritmato)
Octavas – Progresiones (Con fuoco)
Sonatina (Allegro vivace – quasi presto)
Marcha – Mixolidica (Allegro giocoso)
Guajira (Moderato)
Habanera (Tempo habanera)
Pentafonismo
Como un pequeno pasacalle (Molto espressivo ma ben ritmato)
Un son para ninos antillanos (Allegreto)
Kyeong-Yeon Seo – piano
Songs to the lyrics of Caribbean poets (1979-1980)
Coplas de Juan el barbero, lyrics by Nicolas Guillen
Balada del Guije, lyrics by Nicolas Guillen
Un son para ninos antillanos, lyrics by Nocolas Guillen
The tropics in New York, lyrics by Claude McKay
Abrazo, lyrics by Antonio Preciado
Matabara del hombre malo, lyrics by Antonio Preciado
Performers:
Michał Przygoński – baritone
Kyeong-Yeon Seo – piano
Adagio for piano for four hands (1975)
Kyeong-Yeon Seo – piano
Carlos E. Malcolm – piano
Sonata for violin and piano (2007, rewizja 2017)
I: Allegro, ben ritmato
II: Adagio cantabile
II: Allegro scherzando
Barbara Malcolm – violin
Carlos E. Malcolm – piano
Momento musical for piano for four hands (2017)*
Kyeong-Yeon Seo – piano
Carlos E. Malcolm – piano
December 5, 2017 | Agnieszka Stulgińska
ORI for clarinet, cello, accordion and electric guitar (2010)
Dance with my Breath for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2015)
FGT (Flying Garbage Truck) for violin, saxophone, cello, accordion, piano and tape (2012)
NOZ – a cycle of 4 scenes for contrabass clarinet and cello (2016)
Trzy kobiety for three women and 10 instruments (2017)*
Performers:
Maniucha Bikont – voice
Michał Górczyński – clarinet / contrabass clarinet
Robert Jędrzejewski – cello
Hashtag Ensemble:
Oliwier Andruszczenko – clarinet
Wojciech Błażejczyk – electric guitar, sound engineering
Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska – viola
Adam Eljasiński – clarinet
Marta Grzywacz – voice
Agnieszka Guz – violin
Paweł Janas – accordion
Ania Karpowicz – flutes
Krzysztof Kozłowski – piano
Leszek Lorent – percussion
Mateusz Loska – double bass
Dominik Płociński – cello
Wojciech Psiuk – saxophones
Kamil Staniczek – violin
Lilianna Krych – conductor
* premier, commissioned thanks to support of PZU Foundation
