Marek PASIECZNY | Polish Impressions (for two guitars) feat. Michał Stanikowski
Channel: Marek Pasieczny
Date: 2019-05-13

CD: http://smarturl.it/TheArtOfTheDuoVol.4
SCORE: http://pasieczny.com/scores/

Marek Pasieczny - guitar
Michal Stanikowski - guitar

Polish Impressions (for two guitars) by Marek Pasieczny

(book-score order)
I. UMARŁ MACIEK, UMARŁ | DIED, MACIEK HAS DIED
II. SZALAŁA, SZALAŁA | RAGED SHE, RAGED
III. UŚNIJŻE, MI USNIJ | SLEEP NOW, SLEEP
IV. JADĄ GOŚCIE, JADĄ | THE GUESTS ARE COMING, THEY’RE COMING
V. CZERWONE JABŁUSZKO | THE RED APPLE
VI. W MUROWANEJ PIWNICY | IN THE BRICK BASEMENT
VII W MOIM OGRÓDECZKU | IN MY LITTLE GARDEN
VIII. GAIK | THE GROVE
IX. CICHY ZAPADA ZMROK | THE DUSK FALLS SILENTLY
X. HEJ, OD KRAKOWA JADĘ | HEY, I COME FROM CRACOV
XI. W POLU LIPEŃKA | THE LIME TREE IN THE FIELD
XII. IMPRESJE POLSKIE | POLISH IMPRESSIONS

video order:
0:00 Polish Impressions
0:47 Hey, I come from Cracov
1:33 Died, Maciek has Died
2:07 Guests are Coming,They’re Coming
2:35 In My Little garden
3:57 The Grove
4:30 In The Brick Basement
5:14 The Red Apple
6:44 Raged, She Raged
7:21 The Lime Tree in the Field
9:04 Sleep Now, Sleep
10:02 The Dusk Falls Silently

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Marek Pasieczny - guitar: 'Mehliana' op. 377 by Philip Woodfield http://woodfieldguitars.com | Strings: EJ46FF Carbon D'Addario https://goo.gl/fUX8LJ

Michał Stanikowski - guitar made by Antonius Mueller http://antoniusmueller.com | strings: Knobloch


COMPOSER'S NOTE:

Polish Impressions is a cycle of 12 miniatures for two guitars based on Polish folk melodies. Technically speaking it is easy, transparent, and simple, yet harmonically and stylistically rich and colourful. In terms of character, they are all very different from each other. This cycle is thus extremely approachable for young students of guitar, but as well interesting for advanced and professional musicians. 

In contrast to many of my previous compositions (for solo guitar and chamber ensembles up to concerto form) which have been inspired by and based on forgotten melodies, Polish Impressions leans on the most recognizable, familiar and favourite songs from Polish folklore e.g. ‘The Red Apple’, ‘In The Brick Basement’, ‘The Dusk Falls Silently’ , ‘Died, Maciek has died’ just to name a few from the cycle. 

It’s about the "sensation of the music" as Frederic Chopin himself said. In this particular case the “sensation of music” is also happening through 20th century compositional techniques as with the post-romanticism, post-modernism era, but also a wide range of harmonic language (impressionism, jazz). It's about "refreshing" the composer's skills by bringing to it expression through rhythmical diversity of the folklore music and at the same time adding sophisticated harmony to the simplicity of folk melodies.

Marek Pasieczny (Pretoria, South Africa)

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