Polskie Radio II – review

In Jakub Kukla's program Wybieram Dwójkę we discussed the 14th edition of the Era Schaeffera festival.

Guests:

Magdalena Małecka-Wippich – director and author of the script for the play Malarstwo Dźwiękowe as part of the 14th Era Schaeffera festival)

Albert Stensen – composer and cornet player

Broadcast Date: November 21, 2022

Broadcast Time: 16:34

INTERVIEW

Albert Stensen, a composer and cornet player, discusses the unique challenges of working on an unusual project. He explains that the musicians received animated graphics with very precise timing requirements. "We need to fill six minutes here, ten minutes there," he says. The titles of these graphics are particularly inspiring, he notes during an interview on Program 2 of Polish Radio. He also mentions that the band held a conceptual rehearsal to discuss what each member of the trio wanted to achieve.

This project is quite complex. While it allows some room for improvisation, there is also a very specific framework that has been established. Stensen points out that "Schaeffer's musical quotes" will be incorporated into the work. He adds, "The Adam Mickiewicz Institute released a package of samples closely related to Bogusław Schaeffer. These are his original electroacoustic compositions, and we will use them."