Pękiel's Missa Concertata 'La Lombardesca' uses kaleidoscopic changes in performing forces and contrasts, which is characteristic of the concert style.
Compositional Technique
The Fugue for keyboard instrument and three canons are the only surviving instrumental compositions by Bartłomiej Pękiel.
Composer Biography
Pękiel's surname, appearing as Pekiel or Pękiel, is likely a Polonized version of a German name like Peckel, Pekel, or Pechel.
Composer Biography
Bartłomiej Pękiel, one of the most prominent Baroque composers of Poland, has an unknown birth date and place, making his origins unclear.
Recording & Production
The album's cover and booklet feature a record from the royal archives dated 1659, run by Secretary to the King, Kazimierz Stefan Hankiewicz.
Composition History
Bartłomiej Pękiel's Missa Concertata 'La Lombardesca' and Missa a 14 are the only masses in the modern concert style (stile moderno) by him that have survived.
Composer Biography
Recently discovered archival material suggests that Bartłomiej Pękiel most likely died in 1666, rather than the previously estimated second half of the 1660s.
