Both organ and percussion are instruments that impress with their sound possibilities as they possess many colors, textures and shades. Album Patmos. Music for organ & percussion (UMFC CD 109) is the first recording of its kind on the Polish phonographic market. The premiere will take place on March 20, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the concert hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.
Pieces for organ and percussion are not often performed in Poland, which meant for the artists – Bartosz Jakubczak (organ) and Miłosz Pękala (drums) – additional motivation to create a project that would show four different musical ideas for such set of instruments. In addition, the CD includes Letter from faraway Island for organ and percussion (2018) by Aleksandra Chmielewska, specially written for the album. The motif of the Patmos island in Chmielewska's composition refers to the Landscapes of Patmos by Petra Eben, hence the title of the album. A creative input to the repertoire concept includes the works by Christopher Dean – Mourning Dove Sonnet, Magdalena Białecka – Landscape in White (premiere), Thierry Escaich – Ground II, and Marek Jasiński – Psalmody (world phonographic premiere).
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
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