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Listen to the 2020 Warsaw Autumn Festival

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Sound Chronicle of the 2020 ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival; graphic design: Adam Dudek

2023-01-12
We are glad to inform the audience that we continue started in 2021 project of online presentation of the ‘Warsaw Autumn Sound Chronicle’ with the Festival’s chosen compositions. The project has been cofinanced by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the National Institute of Music and Dance programme ‘Muzyczny ślad‘ (Musical Trace).
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For more information on composers and their works please visit the ‘Warsaw Autumn’ website.


ElettroVoce (Agata Zubel & Cezary Duchnowski)
Whims for semantoabsorbing phonotyser (2020)
for voice, electronics and piano and orchestra
First performance
Warsaw Autumn commission with the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
ElettroVoce: Agata Zubel soprano Cezary Duchnowski electronics, piano
Barbara Okoń-Makowska, Aleksandra Koniuch, Piotr Papier sound projection
Recorded live on September 18th, 2020 at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Concert Hall by Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz and Katarzyna Rakowiecka-Rojsza, Polish Radio
Partner of the concert: Society of Authors ZAiKS





Aleksandra Kaca
rilievo (2020)
for orchestra and electronics
First performance
Warsaw Autumn commission with the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
POLISH NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN KATOWICE
Monika Wolinska conductor
Barbara Okon-Makowska, Aleksandra Koniuch, Piotr Papier sound projection
Recorded live on September 18th, 2020 at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Concert Hall by Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz and Katarzyna Rakowiecka-Rojsza, Polish Radio
Partner of the concert: Society of Authors ZAiKS





ElettroVoce (Agata Zubel & Cezary Duchnowski)
Whims for desemantric verbaphone (2020)
for voice, electronics and piano
First performance
Warsaw Autumn commission with the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
ElettroVoce: Agata Zubel soprano
Cezary Duchnowski electronics, piano
Barbara Okon-Makowska, Aleksandra Koniuch, Piotr Papier sound projection
Recorded live on September 18th, 2020 at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Concert Hall by Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz and Katarzyna Rakowiecka-Rojsza, Polish Radio
Partner of the concert: Society of Authors ZAiKS





Anna Sowa
Message for the Year of the Metal Rat II (2020)
for two violins, accordion, piano, percussion and electronics
First performance
Composed thanks to the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS Barbara Mglej violin
Paulina Wos-Gucik violin
Martyna Zakrzewska piano
Aleksandra Gołaj percussion
Alena Budzináková-Palus accordion, electronics
Stanisław Zarychta video
Przemysław Kunda sound projection
Feminine Forms
Recorded live on September 23rd, 2020 at the ATM Studio in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon





Martyna Kosecka
Isorropía. In Search of Balance (2020)
for amplified quintet and electroacoustic layer
First performance
Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Society commission
Cofinanced by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage’s Culture Promotion Fund within the Composing Commissions programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance
Barbara Mglej violin
Paulina Wos-Gucik violin
Martyna Zakrzewska piano
Aleksandra Gołaj percussion
Alena Budzináková-Palus accordion, electronics
Stanisław Zarychta video
Przemysław Kunda sound projection
Feminine Forms Recorded live on September 23rd, 2020 at the ATM Studio in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon





Monika Szpyrka
Zoom in/dolly out (2020)
for ensemble and electronics
First performance
Composed thanks to the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
Barbara Mglej violin
Paulina Wos-Gucik violin
Martyna Zakrzewska piano
Aleksandra Gołaj percussion
Alena Budzináková-Palus accordion, electronics
Stanisław Zarychta video
Przemysław Kunda sound projection
Feminine Forms
Recorded live on September 23rd, 2020 at the ATM Studio in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon





Paweł Hendrich
Prismiris (2018)
for string trio
NFM STRING TRIO LEOPOLDINUM:
Christian Danowicz violin
Michał Micker viola
Marcin Misiak cello
Recorded live on September 22nd, 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw by Julita Emanuiłow and Joanna Popowicz, Polish Radio
Concert cofinanced from the Creativity Promotion Fund of Society of Authors ZAiKS
Co-organiser: The National Forum of Music (NFM)





Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil
The Nightingale and the Stone (2020)
for two pianos and two percussion
from the cycle Reportages
First performance
Warsaw Autumn commission
Cofinanced by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage’s Culture Promotion Fund within the Composing Commissions programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance
KWADROFONIK:
Emilia Sitarz piano
Bartłomiej Wasik piano
Magdalena Kordylasinska-Pękala percussion
Piotr Maślanka percussion
Kamil Kęska sound projection
Recorded live on September 20th, 2020 at the ATM Studio in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon





Teoniki Rożynek
Float (2020)
for instrumental ensemble
First performance
Warsaw Autumn commission with the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
EUROPEAN WORKSHOP FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Rüdiger Bohn conductor
Recorded live on September 23rd, 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw by Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz and Katarzyna Rakowiecka-Rojsza, Polish Radio
Partner of the concert: Society of Authors ZAiKS





Przemysław Scheller
The Little Match Girl (2019)
for string orchestra
NFM LEOPOLDINUM ORCHESTRA
Christian Danowicz conductor
Recorded live on September 22nd, 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw by Julita Emanuiłow and Joanna Popowicz, Polish Radio
Concert cofinanced from the Creativity Promotion Fund of Society of Authors ZAiKS
Co-organiser: The National Forum of Music (NFM)





Tomasz Skweres
Concertino (2018)
for string orchestra
NFM LEOPOLDINUM ORCHESTRA
Christian Danowicz conductor
Musica Polonica Nova at Warsaw Autumn: A special Presence
Recorded live on September 22nd, 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw by Julita Emanuiłow and Joanna Popowicz, Polish Radio
Concert cofinanced from the Creativity Promotion Fund of Society of Authors ZAiKS
Co-organiser: The National Forum of Music (NFM)





Joanna Woźny
canti in/versi (2020)
for choir and electronics
First performance
Warsaw Autumn and Warsaw Philharmonic commission
WARSAW PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
Bartosz Michałowski conductor
Barbara Okon-Makowska, Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz, Aleksandra Koniuch, Michał Bereza sound projection
Recorded live on September 26th, 2020 at the Warsaw Philharmonic, Concert Hall by Andrzej Sasin and Aleksandra Nagórko, CD Accord





Żaneta Rydzewska
don’t look (2020)
for two violins, accordion, piano, percussion and electronics
First performance
Composed thanks to the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
Barbara Mglej violin
Paulina Wos-Gucik violin
Martyna Zakrzewska piano
Aleksandra Gołaj percussion
Alena Budzináková-Palus accordion, electronics
Stanisław Zarychta video
Przemysław Kunda sound projection
Feminine Forms
Recorded live on September 23rd, 2020 at the ATM Studio in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon





Rafał Zapała
Futility (2020)
for five instruments, electronics and video First performance
Warsaw Autumn commission with the support by Society of Authors ZAiKS
ENSEMBLE VORTEX:
Anne Gillot recorder
Benoît Morel viola
Aurélien Ferrette cello
Tomás Fernández double bass
Mauricio Carrasco guitar
Daniel Zea electronics
Arturo Corrales ensemble coordinator
Marek Straszak visual layer
Szymon Kaliski interactive system
Recorded live on September 21st, 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw by Ewa Guziołek-Tubelewicz and Katarzyna Rakowiecka-Rojsza, Polish Radio
Partner of the concert: Society of Authors ZAiKS





Ewa Trębacz
Metanoia
(2020)
concerto for violin, string orchestra and surround sound
First performance
National Forum of Music commission
Cofinanced by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage’s Culture Promotion Fund within the Composing Commissions programme, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance
Adam Bałdych violin
NFM LEOPOLDINUM ORCHESTRA
Christian Danowicz conductor
Paweł Hendrich electronics (live)
Ewa Trębacz, electronics (fixed-media)
In the electronic layer: Josiah Boothby – French horn, Ewa Trębacz – violin
Recorded live on September 22nd, 2020 at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw by Julita Emanuiłow and Joanna Popowicz, Polish Radio
Concert cofinanced from the Creativity Promotion Fund of Society of Authors ZAiKS
Co-organiser: The National Forum of Music (NFM)

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Kuba Krzewiński
Contre no. 2 (2019)
for piano and gran cassa
Lutosławski Piano Duo:
Emilia Sitarz & Bartłomiej Wasik
Recorded live on September 20th, 2020 at the ATM Studio in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon







CONCERT OF THE YOUTH CIRCLE OF THE POLISH COMPOSERS’ UNION

2020 ‘Warsaw Autumn’ Festival fringe event



Piotr Bednarczyk
Triggered
(2020)
KOMPOPOLEX:
Aleksandra Gołaj percussion
Rafał Łuc accordion
Rafał Zalech electric viola
Jacek Sotomski (guest) computer

Recorded live on September 20th, 2020 at the SPATiF Club in Warsaw by Jacek Guzowski and Krzysztof Kuraszkiewicz, Musicon




Alina Dzięcioł
Against
(2020)




Celeste Oram
Xerox Rock
(2020)




Krzysztof Ratajski
Quarantella
(2020)


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