The Holy Ground

"For a long time I could not make up my mind what kind of Concerto it was going to be - pathos-laden, lyrical, avant-garde or traditional? I was beset with doubts and hesitations for a long time. And then one morning, during a stroll in the Białowieża national park. I at last heard this longsought-for note - lyrical, a little pensive, clearly of bordeland provance in tone. I started to sketch the score quickly and the work was ready in a dozen or so days. The first rehearsals with the soloist followed, as well as the first revisions of the solo part to highlight it out and reveal more fully the instrument's potential. Finally, after several years and dozens of meetings with Tomasz Strahl, the cello part took final shape in spring 1997. The work was finished. You will find in it echoes of our Polish Eastern Bordeland - now and then in the music of the Concerto one will hear scraps of melodies and songs - once heard by me in the Vilnius region - enveloped in mild melancholy and sadness..."
Romuald Twardowski (Białystok, 14 November 1997).

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Concerto per cello and orchestra (Romuald Twardowski)