3 Songs to Baczyński

for baritone and piano / orchestra (2021)

The cycle of songs to chosen poems by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński was inspired by and composed especially for bass-bariton Tomasz Konieczny. The first performances were presented together with Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder and with video installation by Adam Dudek. The music and image create a mini-monodrame about death forseen, remembered and experienced.

Chosen poems are: Spojrzenie (A Glympse), Wigilia (Christmas Eve) and Śmierć (Death).

PERFORMANCE HISTORY:
PREMIERE: 08/31/2021; Tomasz Konieczny, Lech Napierała; Warsaw Uprising Museum

11/7/2021; Tomasz Konieczny, Lech Napierała Künstlerhaus Festsaal; Munich, Germany

16/7/202; Tomasz Konieczny, Lech Napierała; Musikverein Gläserner Saal / Magna Auditorium; Vienna, Austria

03/12/2022; ORCHESTRAL PREMIERE; Tomasz Konieczny, Baltic Opera Orchestra, Michał Krężlewski; Baltic Opera in Gdańsk

RECORDING HISTORY:
11/11-12/2021; Tomasz Konieczny, Lech Napierała; Studio S1 Polish Radio in Warsaw; Sound Engineers: Gabriela Blicharz and Lech Dudzik; for the Dal Segno Institute