Greetings from Poland

[Dawerd]

Hello everybody!

First of all, I'd like to say that I'm very glad I've found this forum. Fredrik You're doing a great job
I found here many material discussions and I like the friendly atmosphere.

If it comes to me...
Well, I am a student of organ and piano in a music school in Wroclaw (Poland). I've been playing the piano from the age of seven, but since I went to 'high' music school, organ became my main instrument. It's been five years that I'm playing it now.
Parrarel to that I am a student of Wroclaw University of Technology learning to be a computer scientist. It makes it sometimes hard to get along with everything but unfourtunatly beeing an organist (or in general - a musician) in my country is usually equal with living in tough circumstances.
Nevertheless music is my biggest passion and I'm looking forward to disscus many issues with all of you.
I just hope I'll find enough time...

Best regards
Dawerd.

[Frederik Magle]

Welcome to Magle International Music Forums, Dawerd!

Thanks for the kind words, I'm really happy you like this forum, and I hope you will become an active member! As it happens to be we have both a great pipe organ forum and technology forum

Looking forward to see you around!

Best regareds,
Frederik

[Krummhorn]

Greetings Dawerd

Glad to have you aboard here at MIMF. We are all looking forward to seeing you around the boards.

[rojo]

Hello Dawerd

Welcome!

I hope you enjoy your time here.

[Art Rock]

Welcome! Just curious, what is the opinion in Poland on Gorecki?

[Dawerd]

I understand that You're speaking of Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki.
Well, from my observations, in general the opinion is that Gorecki is a very fine modern composer, who has done very much for polisch music of the second part of XXth century.
Though there where times when he was a quite controversial musician. Strongly criticized by some and loved by others. I quess it was the time when his own composing style was crystallizing.

What abaout elsewhere? How is he seen abroad?

[Ouled Nails]

Hello Dawerd! It's nice to meet someone from Chopin's homeland, and Szymanovski's, and Gorecki's I am no marketing expert in classical music but I would guess that Gorecki's third symphony (1976), "symfonia Piesni Zalosnych" (sorry if I don't have the accents), is mainly what made him so famous in North America, among contemporary music composers. For that reason, I do not believe that his music, as a whole, is that well known. But the third is a magnificient work, comprised of three consecutive lento movements, and absolutely divine in inspiration. I have not heard a Polish singer, however. My favorite interpretation is with Dawn Upshaw.

[Art Rock]

I love the third symphony, indeed prefrably with Dawn Upshaw. But also his harpsichord concerto and other works like Kleines Requiem fuer einem Polka (I think that's the title) are brilliant.

[Dawerd]

Well it's nice to meet you too Ouled Nails
And it's indeed nice to hear that people from abroad like Gorecki's work so much.
Personally amung all I like his harmony. I've sung some of his works in a choir, and they're just fabulous.
I didn't have the occasion to hear his 3rd symphony or other great works live though. At least not yet