Studies of Loneliness(2022) ▽ trio for violin, cello and quarter-tone synthesizer
structure:
duration: 15'
description:
premiered: October 11th, 2023 in Warsaw [PL]
I trio
II - violin solo - Venus. The Loneliness of Beauty
III trio
IIIa trio
IV - synthesizer solo - Kratos. The Loneliness of Power
V trio
VI - cello solo - Achlys, The Loneliness of Grief
VII trio
commission of Fundacja Harmonie i Hałasy (the Foundation "Harmonies and Noises")
Canti lussuriosi e seriosi(2022) ▽ concert for soprano, mezzosoprano, recitator + double orchestra of solists & electronics
structure:
duration: 70'
description:
premiered: May 8th, 2022 in Katowice [PL]
commission of Orchestra for New Music
texts of Pietro Aretino, Francis of Assisi, Prasqual
Conversations with Death(2019) ▽ concert for mezzosoprano, bass and two recitators as 4 soloists + double historic orchestra
structure:
description: one classical orchestra in A=430Hz + one baroque orchestra in A=415 Hz
premiered: September 17th, 2019 in Concert Hall NOSPR, Katowice (PL)
5 Gesänge aus dem Käfig/5 Songs from the Cage(2014) ▽ for mezzosoprano, baritone, recitator, orchestra in 7 groups and electronic music in the space
a song cycle based on texts of the Polish poet Tadeusz Różewicz. Prasqual in his description: 'The work consists of five Songs (Gesänge,) a Swan Song (Abgesang), two Portraits, a Ritual of Death, False Overture, and several Actions of the Soloists. It is my next work in the new musical genre which I call Architecture. (...) The heroes are not characters or ideas, but the sounds themselves. Sound as a point of starting and arrival, sound as cause and effect. A ritual musical theatre of the sounds.'
duration: ca 80'
"the work is an innovational attempt at a new genre, referring to the forgotten romantic melodrama but going beyond its borders", says World Music Days in its program
commission of the Wroclaw Opera for the world Music Days 2014 with support of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and the Institute for Music and Dance
texts of Tadeusz Różewicz and anonymous epitaph from a children's tomb
Architecture of Light, third part of the opera project Orlando(2013) ▽ for soprano, trumpet-player, 23 orchestra-musicians moving in the space and electronic music
composer's libretto inspired by and after the texts of Ibn Arabi, Virginia Woolf, Sri Aurobindo, Henry Corbin, James Joyce, Zeynep Hatun, Wystan Hugh Auden, Orhan Pamuk, Dante Alighieri and Dschalal ad-Din ar-Rumi
a spectacle consisting of 8 Rituals, most of them (*) can be performed separately:
*1. RITUAL OF DARKNESS for 2 tuba-players moving in the space
2. RITUAL OF TRANSITION for 4 oboe-players
*3. RITUAL OF LOVE for 2 dancing saxophone-players or clarinet-players
*4. RITUAL OF BLOOD for 3 trombone-players with click-tracks
*5. RITUAL OF LIGHT for 4 clarinet players and 4 Zaphir-Shanti-Chimes
*6. RITUAL OF PLAY for 4 percussion players in the space
*7. RITUAL OF ETERNITY for 4 french horn players
8. RITUAL OF ONENESS for soprano and trumpet-player with orchestra
duration: ca 85'
“a journey into the land of mysticism and ritual”, is inspired by some common notions shared by different religions and certain concepts of quantum physics
premiered: November 8th & 9th, 2013 at International Fair, Poznan (PL)
March 28th & 29th, 2014 in Kunststation St.Peter, Cologne (DE)
commission of the Polish Dance Theatre with support of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Institute for Music and Dance and the Kunststiftung NRW
DVD: Architecture of Light, Orchestra of Academy of Music in Poznań, conductor: Prasqual; Chelsey Schill (soprano), Nathan Plante (trumpet), Requiem Records - Opus Series, 2016/2017
Six Wings of Angels(2012) ▽ electronic music for ballet for 8 loudspeakers in the cubic space
structure:
duration: 10'
description:
premiered: April 14th, 2012 by Polish National Ballet, Warsaw (PL)
OPHELIA(2011) ▽ for 3 singers, instrumental ensemble en electronic music in the space
opera in 7 scenes with electronic ouverture, interludes and fermeture
duration: 60'
composer's libretto inspired by and after the texts of William Shakespeare, Julio Cortázar, Wystan Hugh Auden, Fernando Pessoa, E. E. Cummings, Giuseppe Ungaretti and from Thousand and One Night
premiered: February 26th, 2011 in the Grand Theatre in Poznan (PL)
commission of the Grand Theatre in Poznan supported by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
Moses muss singen(2010) ▽ music theatre for 4 singers, 1 actor, 4 instrumental players and the Voice of God
music theatre for children and youth in 14 scenes
ca 70'
to the libretto of Nicole Tharau
Der Stotterer Moses erhält von Gott den Auftrag, das unterdrückte Volk der Israeliten aus Ägypten zu führen. Doch Moses weigert sich, denn er weiß, dass er kein guter Redner ist.
premiered: November 3rd, 2010 in Städtische Bühnen Münster (DE)
commission of the Städtische Bühnen Münster supported by the Fonds Neues Musiktheater
PERNYAI(2010, rev. 2016) ▽ for clarinet, piano and string quartet
structure:
duration: 8'
description:
premiered:
commission of Susaa-Festival (DK)
RITO[2009] ▽ for 2 sopranos and orchestra in 8 groups
structure:
duration: 6'
description:
premiered: April 11th, 2009 in Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
commissioned:
CARP&BREAD(2008) ▽ for children voices and instrumental ensemble
Concerto for viola and orchestra(2005 rev. 2008) ▽ for viola and orchestra
structure:
duration: 18'
description:
premiered: February 16th, 2008 with Michał Micker (viola) and the Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Michał Dworzyński, Philharmony in Wrocław (PL)
commissioned:
ESTER(2005) ▽ for 5 soloists, choir and chamber orchestra
chamber opera in 13 scenes
duration: 45'
to the libretto of Nikolay Gol
premiered: February 24th, 2006 in Opera House, Wrocław (PL)
