Performers
- Chopin University Percussion Ensemble
- Miłosz Pękala artistic direction
- Olgierd Granatowicz
- Gabriel Jasiorowski
- Szczepan Kobiela
- Juliusz Lenckowski
- Dawid Modzelewski
- Mikołaj Podolski
- Aniela Remiszewska
- Maciej Siwek
- Mateusz Śliwa
- Adam Świstulski
- Julia Włodarczyk
Programme
Stomp Poles [5’]
Suite of West-African Dances [8’]
I. Jia
II. Kassa
III. Sunu
John Cage Third Construction [9’]
Stomp Plungers [3’]
Keiko Abe Wave [10’]
Batucada [10’]
Concert description
The heart of a calm person beats an average of 60–70 times per minute. This is also the measure of one of the basic musical terms – andante, moderately, that is, at the pace of a slow step, with a rhythm of steady heartbeats. Each acceleration increases tension, and each deceleration calms. Added to this are accents, fluctuations, layers, space and movement. Percussion music, close to the ground, composed of rhythms, pulses and colors, grows from what is most human and bodily, from primal needs and instincts. And – like ritual – it interacts on a purely sensual preconceptual level.
The source of sound could then become anything. John Cage reached with childlike joy not only for the most oriental instruments, such as the Aztec carved teponaztli drum or a quijada created from an animal jaw, but also for completely common cans or pins. Members of the percussion-theater group Stomp also used everything at hand in their performances: everyday objects, tools, furniture, their own bodies. Pulse mixes with rhythm, and the rhythms become melody, music, a language you don’t need to understand – just feel!
– Karolina Dąbek (pisanezesluchu.pl)