Hommage à Oskar Dawicki was commissioned after Paweł Mykietyn received the Prix France Musique Sacem for his film soundtrack to Essential Killing, granting him the opportunity to compose for the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Composer Biography
Paweł Mykietyn's early compositional activity was compared to Krzysztof Penderecki's rise in the 1950s and 60s, due to its spectacular nature.
Compositional Technique
Paweł Mykietyn's later works, including Hommage à Oskar Dawicki and Cello Concerto No. 2, explore the illusion of stretching or shortening musical time through precise mathematical calculations.
Compositional Technique
The title Hommage à Oskar Dawicki is an ironic pseudo-epitaph, referencing a film where the artist Oskar Dawicki (who was alive at the premiere) played himself, and the film concluded with his fictional obituary.
Performer Biography
Marcin Zdunik, the cellist on this recording, was the most talented student of Andrzej Bauer, a prominent Polish cellist who inspired many of Paweł Mykietyn's earlier cello compositions.
Recording & Production
The NFM Wrocław Philharmonic has received prestigious awards for its recordings, including a Fryderyk for its album of Witold Lutosławski's symphonies and an International Classical Music Award for Arvo Pärt: The Symphonies.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Paweł Mykietyn's music is characterized by a strict formal construction, sensitivity to harmonic aspects, and an ironic play with musical traditions, including those of Johann Sebastian Bach and Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.
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