Piano
SKU:
BT.PWM381
Composed by
Stefan Kisielewski.
Classical. Book Only.
Composed 1971. 16 pages.
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne #PWM381.
Published by Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
(BT.PWM381).
Danse vive was
written in 1939 and had
its first performance, as
did most works of this
time, as mentioned by the
composer, in the famous
occupation Art Salon at
Ulica Nowy wiat 27 in
Warsaw, led by Boles aw
Woytowicz. Lech
Miklaszewski made the
first archival recording
of the piece for Polish
Radio in September 1946.
After a long period of
obscurity, Danse Vive
appeared unexpectedly
during the inaugural
concert of the VII
International Festival of
Contemporary Music,
Warsaw Autumn, on 21st
September 1963. W adys aw
K dra, after performing
Tadeusz Szeligowskis
Piano Concerto with the
Symphony Orchestra of
Polish Radio conducted by
Jan Krenz, played
Kisielewskis piece as an
encore. Mieczys aw
Tomaszewski in
conversation with Joanna
Pruszy ska defines Danse
Vive as Toccata 41.
Indeed - the free, almost
improvised form, the
figurative texture and at
the same time the uniform
lines inlaid with
sforzandi syncopated
rhythms (although
changing time signatures
several times) give the
composition such a
nature. But at the same
time Danse Vive can be
described as an
apotheosis of a
Krakowiak, a lively,
Galician dance, whose
full theme at 44 is shown
only once in the piece,
after a thickening,
figurative outset, not at
all reminiscent of folk
melodies. [M. G
siorowska, Kisielewski,
PWM 2011].
