Olczak, Dziadek, Łuczkowski, Dixa & Czerniewicz: Works for Soloists & Orchestra

Featuring

Paweł Zagańczyk
Tadeusz Dixa
Małgorzata Rocławska
Tomasz Jocz
Michał Szczerba
Anna Wandtke-Wypych

Karolina Piątkowska-Nowicka
Paweł Kukliński
Wojciech Szlachcikowski
Orkiestra Kameralna Akademii Muzycznej im. Stanisława Moniuszki w Gdańsku
Krzysztof Olczak
Andrzej Dziadek
Radosław Łuczkowski
Marek Czerniewicz

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Album & Artwork

The album features works by five contemporary composers whose paths crossed in Gdańsk, representing a variety of attitudes, ideas, and creative personalities.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in the Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdańsk Concert Hall between March 13-15, 2015.

Performer Biography

The Chamber Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk was created in 1999 to allow academic youth to collaborate with prominent concertmasters of Polish chamber ensembles.

Compositional Technique

Marek Czerniewicz's "Wtulonemu w skrzypce" (To the Cuddled One into the Violin) incorporates musical quotations, including from Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto in D Minor and "Happy Birthday," to create a humorous and traditional character.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Radosław Łuczkowski's Concertino for piano and strings is inspired by 20th-century masters like Béla Bartók and Sergei Prokofiev, while also incorporating his own ideas for organizing pitch material.

Composition History

Marek Czerniewicz's "Wtulonemu w skrzypce" (To the Cuddled One into the Violin) was commissioned by pupils of Professor Jerzy Hazuka, a violin pedagogue, for his 60th anniversary of pedagogical work.

Performer Biography

Andrzej Kacprzak, a violinist and pedagogue, has been the concertmaster, conductor, and soloist of the Chamber Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk since 1999.