Noumen Sebastian Aleksandrowicz & Lutosławski Quartet

• Zbigniew Bargielski (b. 1937):
• 1 On the Other Side of Silence (Version for Oboe & String Quartet) 15:15
• Marcin Markowicz (b. 1979): 5 Miniatures for Oboe & String Quartet:
• 2 5 Miniatures for Oboe & String Quartet: No. 1, Allegro 01:08
• 3 5 Miniatures for Oboe & String Quartet: No. 2, Tempo di valse 01:07
• 4 5 Miniatures for Oboe & String Quartet: No. 3, Scherzo. Allegro 00:50
• 5 5 Miniatures for Oboe & String Quartet: No. 4, Andante 03:22
• 6 5 Miniatures for Oboe & String Quartet: No. 5, Allegro 01:07
• Jan Duszyński (b. 1976):
• 7 A House of Creative Work 12:18
• Aleksander Kościów (b. 1974):
• 8 Noumen 2 18:42
• Total Runtime 53:49

Info for Noumen

The most important new pieces for old instruments are created in cooperaton with composers, therefore all four works on this album had their beginning in Aleksandrowicz meeting their authors. The album opens with a composition by Zbigniew Bargielski from 1988, On the Other Side of Silences. This piece was originally composed for clarinet and string quartet (Through the Looking Glass) the oboe version was writen by the composer in 2014, commissioned by the 11th editon of the Ensemble Festval in Ksiaz. The Miniatures by Marcin Markowicz also premiered at the Ksiaz Festival, but in 2009. Jan Duszynski and Aleksander Kosciów composed their works in 2017. The works on the album ask questions rather than give answers, and they do it in a very subtle ways. Still, from the first to the last sounds you have the impression of being in touch with a mystery non-verbal despite words appearing, expressed metaphorically with sounds. This is an invitaton to constantly move to the other side of the mirror, into the world of your own imaginatons.

Sebastian Aleksandrowicz, oboe
Tomasz Januchta, double bass
Lutoslawski Quartet

Sebastian Aleksandrowicz
was born in 1976 in Bytom, Poland. He graduated from the oboe class of Stanisław Malikowski and Tytus Wojnowicz at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. Since 1996, he has been a soloist of the Polish National Opera orchestra, and since 2007 first oboe of the Wroclaw Philharmonic, Polish Radio Orchestra (2001-2003) and Warsaw Philharmonic (2005-2007). He has worked with such orchestras as the Philharmonie der Nationen Hamburg (first oboe and soloist), Polish Chamber Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, Leopoldinum, Sinfonia Wratislavia, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Morphing Chamber Orchestra Vienna and Vienna Waltzer Orchester. Chamber and solo music play an important role in his concert work. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in Poland, Spain, Germany, Austria, Russia and Japan with ensembles like Ensemble de Narol, New Art Ensemble, Tokyo Solisten, Sinfonia Varsovia, Wrocław Philharmonic, Leopoldinum, Concerto Avenna, Przemyśl Chamber Orchestra, Gorzów Philharmonic, Morphing Chamber Orchestra Vienna, Gruppo di Tempera, Royal String Quartet, the Lutosławski and Kamerata quartets and the Hilliard Ensemble, and also in duet with Andreas Scholl. In May 2013, he gave the first Polish performance of Antal Dorati's Trittico per oboe, oboe d'amore e corno inglese. For many years, he has enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with Jerzy Satanowski, recording his theatre and film music. Since 2012, he is has been co-organiser of the Princess Daisy International Chamber Music Festival in Książ.

Tomasz Januchta
contrabassist, studied at the University of Music in Warsaw with Andrzej Mysiński. He won the 2nd prize in the Polish Contrabass Competition in Elbląg and received a distinction in the Ciechańscy Polish Contrabass Competition in Poznań.

He workes with many Polish and foreign orchestras and chamber ensambles, i.a.: Sinfonia Varsovia, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationen, Prima Vista and Royal Quartets. Last 5 years he has been playing in the orchestra of the Warsaw Philharmonic.

Lutoslawski Quartet
Named after the great 20th century Polish Composer Witold Lutoslawski, the Lutoslawski Quartet is one of the leading young polish quartets. Since its formation in 2007, the group has quickly established itself on Polish and international classical music scene, appearing at numerous prestigious festivals: ‘Warsaw Autumn’, Wratislavia Cantans, Klarafestival in Brussels, Ankara Music Festival in Turkey, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Tongyegong International Music Festival in South Korea, World Music Days, and Jazztopad. Lutosławski Quartet has performed in the following concert halls: Kioi Hall in Tokio, YST Conservatory in Singapore, Hangzhou Theatre in Hangzhou, Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Megaron in Athens, Konzerthaus in Berlin, Bozar and Brussels Opera, as well as at SESC in São Paulo, Warsaw Philharmonic and the S1 Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw. The ensemble has cooperated with IRCAM – Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Lutosławski Quartet has enjoyed collaborations with Garrick Ohlsson, Kevin Kenner, Bruno Canino, Michel Lethiec, Tomoko Akasaka, Eugene Indjic, Ryszard Groblewski, Andrzej Bauer, and with outstanding jazz musicians: Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor, Uri Caine and Benoît Delbecq.

Their recording catalogue includes the following labels: Naxos, NFM, DUX and CD Accord.

Lutosławski Quartet performs mainly music of the 20th and 21st centuries, with a focus on Polish music, including works by Witold Lutosławski, Karol Szymanowski, Paweł Mykietyn, and Marcin Markowicz, the latter a member of the Lutosławski Quartet.

Lutosławski Quartet is one of the resident ensembles of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław.

Booklet for Noumen