Te Deum - Composer portrait
Józef Swider is regarded as a composer who is a master of the most diverse forms of expression ranging from intimate lyricism, fervent avowal, devotional prayer and the solemnity of the chorale, but also hymnic sublimity and dramatic dynamism and musical humor and wit.
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- Jubilate Deo
- Pater noster
- Wierze
- Salve Regina
- Czego chcesz od nas Panie
- Lux perpetua
- Vocalisa pax
- Missa minima
- Moja piosnka
- Ave maris stella
- Requiem aeternam
- Da pacem Domine
- Laudate pueri
- Cantus gloriosus
- Te Deum (Coro)
- Tibi omnes angeli (Coro)
- Pleni sunt caeli (Coro)
- Te gloriosus (Solo S, Coro)
- Tu rex gloriae (Coro)
- Judex crederis (Solo Bar)
- Salvum fac (Soli SBar)
- Dignare Domine (Coro)
- In te Domine speravi (Coro)
- Te Deum laudamus (Soli SBar, Coro)
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Composer
Józef Swider
| 1930-2014Józef Swider was born in Czechowice (Upper Silesia, Poland) in 1930. He studied piano, music theory and composition at the Conservatory of Music in Katowice and with Goffredo Petrassi in Rome as a stipendiary at the Accademia Santa Cecilia. Swider maintained his ties with the Katowice High School (later Music Academy) for over 40 years as a professor of composition, counterpoint and harmony, as well as Deputy Rector and long-serving Dean of the faculty for composition and music theory. In addition he was a professor on the Cieszyn campus of the Silesian University of Katowice, where he directed the Institute of Music Education for 15 years. Swider is actively involved in the Polish choral association as a composer, adviser and adjudicator at choral competitions. Personal details
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Preface writer
Jolanta Bauman-Kulawik
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Ensemble
Polski Chór Kameralny
Polski Chór Kameralny (The Polish Chamber Choir) was founded 30 years ago by Ireneusz £ukaszewski and ever since has been making a name for itself as a top ensemble of international renown. Its declared aim is to work at an instrumental, “orchestral” level which, apart from other skills, requires total control of the vocal instrument. The main interest of the 24 professional musicians lies on unaccompanied music, and especially on romanticism and contemporary music. Hence the countless compositions dedicated to the choir and that wealth of world premiere performances. Besides that, mainly in oratorios and opera, Polski Chór Kameralny regularly cooperates with many important symphonic and chamber orchestras, yet also with e.g. the Academy of Ancient Music, the Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik as well as with other specialist Early Music ensembles from all over Europe. A main stay of the choir’s musical work is their regular co-operation with guest conductors from all over the world (Ericson, Gronostay, Bernius, Layton, and many others). Notwithstanding all their serious work, Polski Chór Kameralny enjoys experiments – in 2001, for example, they participated in the world’s first genuine real-time internet concert. Polski Chór Kameralny frequently appears at international festivals, among them the “Warsaw Autumn” and “Vratislavia cantans,” the Ruhr-Festival, the “rendez-vous musique nouvelle,” but also Salzburg, Dresden, Berlin and Tokyo. Its concert tours take it through all of Europe, to the USA and to Japan. In the role of “Official Symposium Choir” it was invited to the Rotterdam “World Symposium on Choral Music“ in 1999. Besides nigh 60 CDs, MCs and videos many of which have won grammophone prizes, Polski Chór Kameralny has recorded profusely for Polish and many European Radio and TV stations. Polski Chór Kameralny provided Poland’s contribution to an EBU Christmas Concert, broadcast live throughout Europe and in Canada. Polski Chór Kameralny conceived and organizes the three-day International Mozart Festival “Mozartiana,” presenting to a wide public Mozart’s music in a diversity of styles. In 2008, Polski Chór Kameralny is hosting the “Musica Sacra” international composers’ competition. Personal details
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Conductor
Jan Lukaszewski
Jan £ukaszewski has come to be accepted as one of Europe’s most accomplished choral music specialists. He is conductor, artistic director and director general of Polski Chór Kameralny. Much in demand as a guest conductor, he e.g. regularly works with the Polish Radio Choir as well as directing numerous projects both in Poland and abroad. His main artistic interests lie in the fields of romantic and of contemporary music, and, especially in connection with Polski Chór Kameralny he has gained a reputation of being able to make possible the impossible and in a very short time, indeed, preparing musically valid interpretations of even the most complex of works. Hence the number of premier performances directed by him is vast. In Poland, Jan £ukaszewski is regarded as one of the few that propagate the music of such composers as Schönberg, Messiaen, Xenakis, Globokar, Castiglioni, Takemitsu, R. Strauss, Pepping, Tippett, Ives, and Barber. His abundant recordings for Polish Radio and a multitude of other European stations and for Polish and German Television as well as his numerous other recordings reflect the quality of his work. The high artistic level of Polski Chór Kameralny under his direction time and again inspires composers to write works for unaccompanied choir. Jan Lukaszewski’s work has been acknowledged with numerous awards. Personal details
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Soloist - soprano
Katarzyna Trylnik
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Soloist - baritone
Czeslaw Galka
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Soloist - organ
Julian Gembalski
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Soloist - percussion
Arkadiusz Skotnicki
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Soloist - percussion
Piotr Sutt
Reviews
[...] Die Musik lebt von eingängigen Themen und schlichter Verarbeitung& dabei weiß der Komponist aber stets um das Klangspektrum des Chores, was einen effektvollen, aber nicht experimentellen Chorsatz nach sich zieht. Eindrucksvoll - sicher weil auch nicht alltäglich - etwa geraten geheimnisvoll gemurmelte Passagen oder Stellen in beschwörendem Flüstergesang. [...]
Christian Vitalis
klassik.com, 22.05.2007
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