Horizons for Two Flutes and Piano (2017)
Composer’s note
Widnokręgi is a piece composed in the summer of 2017, commissioned by the Piąta Esencja Foundation specifically for the flute duo Łukasz Długosz and Agata Kielar-Długosz. In writing the piece, I was inspired above all by the unique combination of two instruments of the same timbre, closely intertwined, engaging in a musical dialogue with one another and, as a duet, providing a counterbalance to the piano part, in which resonance and sustain are of key importance. Sound lines, circles and spirals form a multi-sectioned narrative of varied expression.
The work was co-funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as part of the ‘Composers’ Commissions’ programme implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance in 2017. The world premiere, on 14 October 2017 in Radziejowice, was performed by the Łukasz Długosz Trio.
— Wojciech Widłak
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Wojciech Widłak
Born in 1971, a native of Kraków, he studied composition under Marek Stachowski (Kraków Academy of Music) and Hans Abrahamsen (Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen); he honed his craft under the guidance of Franco Donatoni, Per Nørgård, Goce Kolarovski and Robert Saxton. A graduate of Jan Jargon’s organ class.
