ANNA IGNATOWICZ-GLINSKA: The Polish Suite

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The Polish Suite for Marimba (2019-2022) is dedicated to the outstanding marimbist Filip Mercep. The individual parts of the Suite commemorate lesser-known Polish composers of the 20th century. Artists born in pre-war Poland had traumatic experiences of World War II behind them, and then they collided with the post-war reality of the People's Republic of Poland - a country in the immediate sphere of influence of communism. The Congress of Composers in Łagów Lubuski in 1949 proclaimed socialist realism in new Polish music and divided the composing community. The declared oppositionists were excluded from the musical life. Some composers chose to emigrate, while others, remaining in the country, were exposed to the lack of means of subsistence, harassment by the authorities and forced to painful compromises. For many years, their works remained unjustly forgotten. Each of the 5 parts of the Suite commemorates a different composer, starting with a reference to one of his works.

The Polish Suite for Marimba (2019-2022) is dedicated to the outstanding marimbist Filip Mercep. The individual parts of the Suite commemorate lesser-known Polish composers of the 20th century. Artists born in pre-war Poland had traumatic experiences of World War II behind them, and they collided with the post-war reality of the People's Republic of Poland - a country in immediate sphere of influence of communism. The Congress of Composers in Łagów Lubuski 1949 proclaimed socialist realism in new Polish music and divided the composing community. declared oppositionists were excluded from the musical life. Some composers chose to emigrate, while others, remaining in the country, were exposed to the lack of means of subsistence, harassment by the authorities and forced to painful compromises. For many years, their works remained unjustly forgotten. Each of the 5 parts of the Suite commemorates a different composer, starting with a reference to one of his works.

Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) was born in Toruń. During World War II, he lived in Warsaw, took part in the Warsaw Uprising and was seriously injured. After the war, he was a leading representative of the avant-garde in new Polish music. Winner of numerous composition awards in the People's Republic of Poland, one of the founders of the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn". Together with Tadeusz Baird and Jan Krenz, he founded "Grupa 49", professing "positive optimism" manifested in communicative and uncomplicated music. It was supposed to be a way of artistic survival in the difficult time of the dominance of the aesthetics of socialist realism in Polish music. Serocki avoided the media and interviews all his life. He died in Warsaw.

1. Preludium / Prelude. Tribute to Kazimierz Serocki

My inspiration: K. Serocki – Suite of Preludes for piano, No.1 (1952) https://culture.pl/en/artist/kazimierz-serocki

2. Ostinato. Tribute to Michał Spisak

Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) was born in Toruń. During World War II, he lived in Warsaw, part in the Warsaw Uprising and was seriously injured. After the war, he was a leading representative of the avant-garde in new Polish music. Winner of numerous composition awards the People's Republic of Poland, one of the founders of the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn". Together with Tadeusz Baird and Jan Krenz, he founded "Grupa professing "positive optimism" manifested in communicative and uncomplicated music. It supposed to be a way of artistic survival in the difficult time of the dominance of the aesthetics socialist realism in Polish music. Serocki avoided the media and interviews all his life. He died Warsaw.

My inspiration: K. Serocki – Suite of Preludes for piano, No.1 (1952) https://culture.pl/en/artist/kazimierz-serocki

2. Ostinato. Tribute to Michał Spisak

Michał Spisak (1914-1965) one of the leading representatives of the neoclassicism trend in Polish music. He came from Dąbrowa Górnicza in Silesia. A childhood illness (polio) left him disabled. Despite this, he graduated from the music conservatory in Katowice in the class of violin and composition, and received a scholarship to study in Paris. After studying in Paris, he did not return to Poland, remaining in France. He was the president of the Association of Young Polish Musicians, he worked for the popularization of Polish music in France. He received many composition awards (including for the "Olympic Anthem"), but as an emigrant he was poorly perceived by the authorities of the Polish People's Republic. He died prematurely in Paris as a result of illness.

My inspiration: M. Spisak – Suite for Piano, part 2. Ostinato (1943)

https://culture.pl/en/artist/michal-spisak

3. Taniec / Dance. Tribute to Stefan Kisielewski

Michał Spisak (1914-1965) one of the leading representatives of the neoclassicism trend in Polish music. He came from Dąbrowa Górnicza in Silesia. A childhood illness (polio) left him disabled. Despite this, he graduated from the music conservatory in Katowice in the class of violin composition, and received a scholarship to study in Paris. After studying in Paris, he did not return to Poland, remaining in France. He was the president of the Association of Young Polish Musicians, he worked for the popularization of Polish music in France. He received many composition awards (including for the "Olympic Anthem"), but as an emigrant he was poorly perceived by authorities of the Polish People's Republic. He died prematurely in Paris as a result of illness.

My inspiration: M. Spisak – Suite for Piano, part 2. Ostinato (1943)

https://culture.pl/en/artist/michal-spisak

3. Taniec / Dance. Tribute to Stefan Kisielewski

Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991) composer, music critic, educator, writer, publicist and activist. He was born and died in Warsaw. The soldier of the 1939 defensive war, wounded in the Warsaw Uprising, in the years 1945-1961 he lived in Krakow. In 1945, he founded the magazine "Ruch Muzyczny" and was its editor-in-chief. Representative of musical neoclassicism, awarded as a composer. He was the author of many novels, books on music, as well as columns and political publications. As a "rebellious" publicist, he was repeatedly harassed by the communist authorities (he was even beaten by "unknown perpetrators"). He was a signatory of the protests against communist repressions, he spoke out against censorship and in defense of the workers.

My inspiration: Danse Vive for Piano (1939)

https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/stefan-kisielewski

4. Kołysanka / Lullaby. Tribute to Roman Palester Before World War II, Roman Palester (1907-1989) lived and studied in Lviv and Warsaw. He was one of the most outstanding composers, he was also one of the first creators of film music in Poland,

Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991) composer, music critic, educator, writer, publicist and activist. was born and died in Warsaw. The soldier of the 1939 defensive war, wounded in the Warsaw Uprising, in the years 1945-1961 he lived in Krakow. In 1945, he founded the magazine "Ruch Muzyczny" and was its editor-in-chief. Representative of musical neoclassicism, awarded composer. He was the author of many novels, books on music, as well as columns and political publications. As a "rebellious" publicist, he was repeatedly harassed by the communist authorities

Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska – The Polish Suite for Marimba / Suita polska na marimbę

1. Preludium / Prelude. Tribute to Kazimierz Serocki

Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska – The Polish Suite for Marimba / Suita polska na marimbę

My inspiration: Danse Vive for Piano (1939)

https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/stefan-kisielewski

4. Kołysanka / Lullaby. Tribute to Roman Palester

Before World War II, Roman Palester (1907-1989) lived and studied in Lviv and Warsaw. He was one of the most outstanding composers, he was also one of the first creators of film music in Poland, vice-president of the Polish Composers' Association and the Polish Society for Contemporary Music. During the war he stayed in Warsaw and took part in the resistance movement. During the Warsaw Uprising he lost most of his scores. After the war, in the years 1945–1947, he was a professor of composition at the Kraków Academy of Music and served as vice-rector. After the Congress of Composers and Music Critics in Łagów Lubuski (1949), where the activity of Polish composers was subordinated to socialist realism, R. Palester chose to emigrate. He settled in Munich and was the head of the cultural department of the Polish section of Radio Free Europe. After leaving Poland, Palester's name and achievements were removed from national publications and his works were forgotten. The censorship of Palester's works was repealed only in 1977, thanks to the Polish Composers' Union. R. Palester died in France.

My inspiration: R. Palester - Etiude for Piano: II. Allegro non troppo (1943-45) https://culture.pl/en/artist/roman-palester

5. Finale. Tribute to Zygmunt Mycielski

Zygmunt Mycielski (1907-1987) was born in Kraków, into a noble family, and held the title of a count. During his studies in Paris, he joined the Association des Jeunes Musiciens Polonais (Association of Young Polish Musicians), and later became its president. He took part in World War II as a soldier of the Polish army: in the September Campaign and in the operations in France in 1940. He was a prisoner of the Stalag. After the war he returned to Poland, he was, among others, President of the Polish Composers' Union, he received many composition awards. He was also coeditor and editor-in-chief of the magazine "Ruch Muzyczny", from where he was expelled in 1968, when he protested against the Warsaw Pact troops entering Czechoslovakia. Since then, Mycielski has been banned from traveling abroad, and his work has disappeared from the concert circuit in Poland. He was involved in the anti-communist opposition, for which he was harassed in the People's Republic of Poland by the Security Service. His music returned to concert stages only in the 1980s. Z. Mycielski died in Warsaw.

My inspiration: Z. Mycielski – Six Preludes for Piano – No. 4 (1954) https://culture.pl/en/artist/zygmunt-mycielski

Suita polska na marimbę (2019-2022) dedykowana jest wybitnemu marimbiście, Filipowi Mercepowi. Poszczególne części Suity poświęcone są pamięci mniej znanych polskich kompozytorów XX w. Twórcy urodzeni w przedwojennej Polsce mieli za sobą traumatyczne doświadczenia II wojny światowej, a następnie zderzyli się z powojenną rzeczywistością PRL –państwa w bezpośredniej strefie wpływów komunizmu. Zjazd Kompozytorów w Łagowie Lubuskim w 1949 r. proklamował socrealizm w nowej muzyce polskiej i podzielił środowisko kompozytorskie. Dla zdeklarowanych opozycjonistów zabrakło miejsca w salach koncertowych i instytucjach muzycznych. Część twórców wybrała emigrację, inni pozostając w kraju narażeni byli na brak środków do życia, szykanowanie przez władze i zmuszani do bolesnych kompromisów. Ich twórczość przez wiele lat pozostawała niesłusznie zapomniana. Każda z 5 części Suity rozpoczyna się od nawiązania do jednego z utworów twórcy, którego upamiętnia.

Tribute to Roman Palester

has been banned from traveling abroad, and his work has disappeared from the concert circuit in Poland. He was involved in the anti-communist opposition, for which he was harassed in the People's Republic of Poland by the Security Service. His music returned to concert stages only in the 1980s. Z. Mycielski died in Warsaw.

Ignatowicz-Glińska – The Polish Suite for Marimba / Suita polska na marimbę

Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska – The Polish Suite for Marimba / Suita polska na marimbę

My inspiration: Z. Mycielski – Six Preludes for Piano – No. 4 (1954) https://culture.pl/en/artist/zygmunt-mycielski

Suita polska na marimbę (2019-2022) dedykowana jest wybitnemu marimbiście, Filipowi Mercepowi. Poszczególne części Suity poświęcone są pamięci mniej znanych polskich kompozytorów XX w. Twórcy urodzeni w przedwojennej Polsce mieli za sobą traumatyczne doświadczenia II wojny światowej, a następnie zderzyli się z powojenną rzeczywistością PRL –państwa w bezpośredniej strefie wpływów komunizmu. Zjazd Kompozytorów w Łagowie Lubuskim w 1949 r. proklamował socrealizm w nowej muzyce polskiej i podzielił środowisko kompozytorskie. Dla zdeklarowanych opozycjonistów zabrakło miejsca w salach koncertowych i instytucjach muzycznych. Część twórców wybrała emigrację, inni pozostając w kraju narażeni byli na brak środków do życia, szykanowanie przez władze i zmuszani do bolesnych kompromisów. Ich twórczość przez wiele lat pozostawała niesłusznie zapomniana. Każda z 5 części Suity rozpoczyna się od nawiązania do jednego z utworów twórcy, którego upamiętnia.

Marimba (2019-2022) is dedicated to the outstanding marimbist Filip Mercep. the Suite commemorate lesser-known Polish composers of the 20th century. Poland had traumatic experiences of World War II behind them, and then post-war reality of the People's Republic of Poland - a country in the influence of communism. The Congress of Composers in Łagów Lubuski in socialist realism in new Polish music and divided the composing community. The were excluded from the musical life. Some composers chose to emigrate, remaining in the country, were exposed to the lack of means of subsistence, authorities and forced to painful compromises. For many years, their works forgotten. Each of the 5 parts of the Suite commemorates a different composer, reference to one of his works.

1. Preludium / Prelude. Tribute to Kazimierz Serocki

The Polish Suite for Marimba (2019-2022) is dedicated to the outstanding marimbist Filip Mercep. The individual parts of the Suite commemorate lesser-known Polish composers of the 20th century. Artists born in pre-war Poland had traumatic experiences of World War II behind them, and they collided with the post-war reality of the People's Republic of Poland - a country in immediate sphere of influence of communism. The Congress of Composers in Łagów Lubuski 1949 proclaimed socialist realism in new Polish music and divided the composing community. declared oppositionists were excluded from the musical life. Some composers chose to emigrate, while others, remaining in the country, were exposed to the lack of means of subsistence, harassment by the authorities and forced to painful compromises. For many years, their works remained unjustly forgotten. Each of the 5 parts of the Suite commemorates a different composer, starting with a reference to one of his works.

Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981), urodził się w Toruniu. W czasie II wojny światowej mieszkał w Warszawie, brał udział w Powstaniu Warszawskim i został ciężko ranny. Po wojnie był czołowym przedstawicielem awangardy w nowej muzyce polskiej. Laureat licznych nagród kompozytorskich w PRL, jeden z założycieli Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Muzyki Współczesnej "Warszawska Jesień". Razem z Tadeuszem Bairdem i Janem Krenzem założył "Grupę 49", wyznającą "pozytywny optymizm" przejawiający się muzyką komunikatywną i nieskomplikowaną. Miał to być sposób na artystyczne przetrwanie w trudnym czasie dominacji w muzyce polskiej estetyki realizmu socjalistycznego. Serocki przez całe życie unikał mediów i wywiadów. Zmarł w Warszawie.

1. Preludium / Prelude. Tribute to Kazimierz Serocki

Moja inspiracja: K. Serocki: Suite of Preludes for piano (1952), No.1 https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/kazimierz-serocki

Prelude. Tribute to Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) was born in Toruń. During World War II, he lived in Warsaw, took Uprising and was seriously injured. After the war, he was a leading avant-garde in new Polish music. Winner of numerous composition awards in of Poland, one of the founders of the International Festival of Contemporary Autumn". Together with Tadeusz Baird and Jan Krenz, he founded "Grupa 49", optimism" manifested in communicative and uncomplicated music. It was of artistic survival in the difficult time of the dominance of the aesthetics of Polish music. Serocki avoided the media and interviews all his life. He died in

2. Ostinato. Tribute to Michał Spisak

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Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) was born in Toruń. During World War II, he lived in Warsaw, part in the Warsaw Uprising and was seriously injured. After the war, he was a leading representative of the avant-garde in new Polish music. Winner of numerous composition awards the People's Republic of Poland, one of the founders of the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn". Together with Tadeusz Baird and Jan Krenz, he founded "Grupa professing "positive optimism" manifested in communicative and uncomplicated music. It supposed to be a way of artistic survival in the difficult time of the dominance of the aesthetics socialist realism in Polish music. Serocki avoided the media and interviews all his life. He died Warsaw.

Serocki – Suite of Preludes for piano, No.1 (1952) https://culture.pl/en/artist/kazimierz-serocki

My inspiration: K. Serocki – Suite of Preludes for piano, No.1 (1952) https://culture.pl/en/artist/kazimierz-serocki

Michał Spisak (1914-1965) jeden z czołowych przedstawicieli kierunku neoklasycyzmu w muzyce polskiej. Pochodził z Dąbrowy Górniczej na Śląsku. Choroba przebyta w dzieciństwie (polio) naznaczyła go kalectwem. Mimo tego ukończył katowickie konserwatorium muzyczne w klasie skrzypiec i kompozycji, otrzymał też stypendium na studia w Paryżu. Po studiach w Paryżu nie wrócił do Polski, pozostając we Francji. Był prezesem Stowarzyszenia Młodych Muzyków Polskich, działał na rzecz popularyzacji muzyki polskiej we Francji. Otrzymał wiele nagród kompozytorskich, (m.in. za „Hymn Olimpijski”), jednak jako emigrant był źle postrzegany przez władze PRL. W wyniku choroby przedwcześnie zmarł w Paryżu.

2. Ostinato. Tribute to Michał Spisak

Moja inspiracja: M. Spisak – Suita na fortepian, część 2. Ostinato (1943) https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/michal-spisak

3. Taniec / Dance. Tribute to Stefan Kisielewski

Michał Spisak (1914-1965) one of the leading representatives of the neoclassicism trend in Polish Dąbrowa Górnicza in Silesia. A childhood illness (polio) left him disabled. graduated from the music conservatory in Katowice in the class of violin and received a scholarship to study in Paris. After studying in Paris, he did not return France. He was the president of the Association of Young Polish Musicians, popularization of Polish music in France. He received many composition awards "Olympic Anthem"), but as an emigrant he was poorly perceived by the Polish People's Republic. He died prematurely in Paris as a result of illness. Spisak – Suite for Piano, part 2. Ostinato (1943) https://culture.pl/en/artist/michal-spisak

Michał Spisak (1914-1965) one of the leading representatives of the neoclassicism trend in Polish music. He came from Dąbrowa Górnicza in Silesia. A childhood illness (polio) left him disabled. Despite this, he graduated from the music conservatory in Katowice in the class of violin composition, and received a scholarship to study in Paris. After studying in Paris, he did not return to Poland, remaining in France. He was the president of the Association of Young Polish Musicians, he worked for the popularization of Polish music in France. He received many composition awards (including for the "Olympic Anthem"), but as an emigrant he was poorly perceived by authorities of the Polish People's Republic. He died prematurely in Paris as a result of illness.

My inspiration: M. Spisak – Suite for Piano, part 2. Ostinato (1943)

https://culture.pl/en/artist/michal-spisak

Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991) kompozytor, krytyk muzyczny, pedagog, pisarz, publicysta i działacz. Urodził się i zmarł w Warszawie. Żołnierz wojny obronnej 1939, ranny w Powstaniu Warszawskim, w latach 1945-1961 mieszkał w Krakowie. W 1945 założył pismo „Ruch Muzyczny”, był jego redaktorem naczelnym. Przedstawiciel muzycznego neoklasycyzmu, nagradzany jako kompozytor. Był autorem wielu powieści, książek o muzyce, a także felietonów i publikacji politycznych. Jako publicysta "niepokorny" – wielokrotnie szykanowany przez władze komunistyczne (został nawet pobity przez "nieznanych sprawców"). Był sygnatariuszem protestów przeciw komunistycznym represjom, występował przeciwko cenzurze i w obronie robotników. Moja inspiracja: S. Kisielewski – Danse vive na fortepian (1939) https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/stefan-kisielewski

3. Taniec / Dance. Tribute to Stefan Kisielewski

Tribute to Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991) composer, music critic, educator, writer, publicist and activist. He Warsaw. The soldier of the 1939 defensive war, wounded in the Warsaw 1945-1961 he lived in Krakow. In 1945, he founded the magazine "Ruch its editor-in-chief. Representative of musical neoclassicism, awarded as a author of many novels, books on music, as well as columns and political

4. Kołysanka / Lullaby. Tribute to Roman Palester

Roman Palester (1907-1989) przed II wojną światową mieszkał i studiował we Lwowie oraz w Warszawie. Należał do najwybitniejszych kompozytorów, był też jednym z pierwszych twórców

Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991) composer, music critic, educator, writer, publicist and activist. was born and died in Warsaw. The soldier of the 1939 defensive war, wounded in the Warsaw Uprising, in the years 1945-1961 he lived in Krakow. In 1945, he founded the magazine "Ruch Muzyczny" and was its editor-in-chief. Representative of musical neoclassicism, awarded composer. He was the author of many novels, books on music, as well as columns and political

i publikacji politycznych. Jako publicysta "niepokorny" – wielokrotnie szykanowany przez władze komunistyczne (został nawet pobity przez "nieznanych sprawców"). Był sygnatariuszem protestów przeciw komunistycznym represjom, występował przeciwko cenzurze i w obronie robotników.

Moja inspiracja: S. Kisielewski – Danse vive na fortepian (1939)

https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/stefan-kisielewski

4. Kołysanka / Lullaby. Tribute to Roman Palester

Tribute to Roman Palester

Roman Palester (1907-1989) przed II wojną światową mieszkał i studiował we Lwowie oraz w Warszawie. Należał do najwybitniejszych kompozytorów, był też jednym z pierwszych twórców muzyki filmowej w Polsce, wiceprezesem Stowarzyszenia Kompozytorów Polskich i Polskiego Towarzystwa Muzyki Współczesnej. Podczas wojny przebywał w Warszawie, brał udział w ruchu oporu. W Powstaniu Warszawskim utracił większość swoich partytur. Po wojnie, w latach 1945–1947 był profesorem kompozycji w krakowskiej uczelni muzycznej i pełnił funkcję prorektora. Po Zjezdzie Kompozytorów i Krytyków Muzycznych w Łagowie Lubuskim (1949), gdzie działalność polskich kompozytorów podporządkowano socrealizmowi, R. Palester wybrał emigrację. Osiadł w Monachium i był kierownikiem działu kulturalnego polskiej sekcji Radia Wolna Europa. Po

wyjeździe z Polski nazwisko i dorobek Palestra zostały usunięte z krajowych publikacji, a jego twórczość zapomniana. Zapis cenzury uchylono dopiero w 1977 r., za sprawą Związku Kompozytorów Polskich. R. Palester zmarł we Francji.

Moja inspiracja: R. Palester - Etiude for Piano: II. Allegro non troppo (1943-45) https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/roman-palester

5. Finale. Tribute to Zygmunt Mycielski

Zygmunt Mycielski (1907-1987) urodził się w Krakowie, w rodzinie szlacheckiej, posiadał tytuł hrabiowski. Podczas studiów w Paryżu, wstąpił do Association des Jeunes Musiciens Polonais (Stowarzyszenie Młodych Muzyków Polskich), później był jego prezesem. Brał udział w II wojnie światowej jako żołnierz polskiej armii: w kampanii wrześniowej i w działaniach we Francji w 1940. Był więźniem stalagu. Po wojnie wrócił do Polski, był m.in. prezesem Związku Kompozytorów Polskich, otrzymał wiele nagród kompozytorskich. Był też współredaktorem i redaktorem naczelnym czasopisma „Ruch Muzyczny”, skąd go wyrzucono w 1968 r., gdy zaprotestował przeciwko wkroczeniu wojsk Układu Warszawskiego do Czechosłowacji. Od tego czasu Mycielski miał zakaz wyjazdów zagranicznych, a jego twórczość zniknęła z obiegu koncertowego w Polsce. Angażował się po stronie antykomunistycznej opozycji, za co był szykanowany w PRL przez Służbę Bezpieczeństwa. Jego muzyka powróciła na estrady dopiero w latach osiemdziesiątych XX w. Z. Mycielski zmarł w Warszawie.

Moja inspiracja: Z. Mycielski – Sześć Preludiów na fortepian – No. 4 (1954)

https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/zygmunt-mycielski

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