ISBN 978-1-945938-30-6 paperback (available in Poland)
ISBN 978-1-945938-31-3 PDF ebook (available worldwide from Lulu.com)
In December 2018 and March 2019, Moonrise Press published two versions of a new book of music studies by Andrzej Wendland, entitled Górecki, Penderecki - Diptych and celebrating the 85th birth anniversaryof both composers. The book consisted of two extended essays: a) "Two Tristan Postuldes and Chorale. Górecki – Wagner, intelektual reflection" and b) "Elegy for the Dying Forest -
Krzysztof Penderecki VIII Symfonia „Lieder der Vergänglichkeit” The paperback edition is only available in Poland, and includes essays in Polish and English. The PDF Book edition is available from lulu.com worldwide, and is in English only. Cover design by Maja Trochimczyk.
The essays, translated into English by Maja Trochimczyk, deal with "Two Tristan Postludes and Chorale" by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (1933-2010) and The Eight Symphony by Krzysztof Penderecki (b. 1933). They draw from philosophy, aesthetic and poetry of importance to each composer to place each work in a broad cultural context.
The essays are introduced by a following preface by the author:
"A riddle and a surprise. In these words, we can briefly define the content of two essays on the music of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki. A riddle—because an essay concerns the "secret" connection of two such distant artists as Wagner and Górecki. A surprise—because a musician writing about music will discuss Krzysztof Penderecki's work without musicological analysis, but from the perspective of reading poetic works.
Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki at his desk in Katowice, 1998
The direct pretext for writing these essays was the 85th anniversary of the birth of both composers. Primarily. Secondly, both composers made, at about the same time — in the late 1960s, the beginning of the 1970s—a sudden shift: the re-evaluation of their work. Each in his own way. From the position of avant-garde leaders, they began to turn towards tradition, harmony and beauty. In the compositions discussed here, it is not difficult to see their "connections" stretched along the axes: Górecki—Wagner, Penderecki—Mahler. Thirdly, the works in question had their premieres at the Tansman Festival (Górecki — world premiere, Penderecki — Polish premiere of the 12-movement version, the premiere that took place in Łódź.)"
ANDRZEJ WENDLAND
Andrzej Wendland is a musician, musicologist, editor and publicist. A graduate of the Instrumental Department of the Academy of Music in Łodz, he also studied music theory and composition. He won many prizes at international competitions as a performer and composer in Poland, Italy and Greece. In 1980-1986, Wendland served as a lecturer of the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. He collaborated with the Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne PWM as the author of the series „El Maestro” He also collaborated with the Professional Music Press and published articles in many music magazines in Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain and Japan.
He is the author of books: Gitara w twórczości Aleksandra Tansmana [Guitar in the Oeuvre of Aleksander Tansman] (Łódź, 1996) and Górecki. IV Symfonia Tansman Epizody. Fenomen, Żywioł, Tajemnica [Górecki. Symphony No. 4 Tansman Episodes, Phenomenon, Elements, Mystery] (Łódź 2016). His study of Górecki's Fourth Symphony appeared in Górecki in Context: Essays on Music edited by Maja Trochimczyk and published by Moonrise Press in 2017. Wendland is the founder and artistic director of the Tansman Festival –International Festival and Competition of Musical Individualities. Mr. Wendland is the recipient of many honors and prizes, including the medal „Zasłużony Kulturze Gloria Artis” from the Polish government in 2015.
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