Marek PASIECZNY | SUSURRUS (for two guitars) feat. Marek Nosal
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
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SUSURRUS for two guitars (2021) composed by MAREK PASIECZNY
0:00 I. Cantus Planus
4:14 II. Incantatio et Psalmu
6:54 III. Canticulum
Marek PASIECZNY - guitar
Marek NOSAL - guitar
Marek Pasieczny plays on 'Mehliana' op. 377 by Philip Woodfield
strings: D'Addario EJ46FF
Marek Nosal plays on guitar made by Petr Matoušek (2014)
strings: D'Addario EJ46FF
recorded during Guitar Workshops 'Mistrz i Uczen' www.mistrziuczen.pl
(Poland, August 2021)
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// The title - SUSURRUS (Lat.: susurrare), meaning a whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound - depicts the gentleness and humbleness of the compositional materials used to establish the three movements of this piece.
The first sketches were created without any specific instrumentation in mind. I started on the piano and wrote in polyphony (single voicing and multi-voicing techniques). The melody is meant to flow and intertwine with other voices, horizontally, not vertically.
I was largely inspired by my study of chants, psalms and Gregorian hymns. The purity, modesty, asceticism, and minimalism conveyed were a complete detachment from contemporary music. The greatest attention was given to the smallest change of interval, and there was a complexity within its simplicity that fascinated me.
It was, however, not my intention to copy the past. I wanted only to draw on the consolidation of the atmosphere, asceticism and extremely careful consonance of successive intervals, single voices and their layering. Furthermore, I did not wish to use any original chants, psalms or hymns. Instead, I wanted to create every interval, every melody, and every co-interaction from scratch.
I did, however, adopt for each movement titles that were commonly used for chants, psalms or hymns to make reference to the inspiration.
// Cantus Planus //
Cantus Planus (plainchant) is a body of chants used in the liturgies of the Western Church. When referring to the term plainsong, it is those sacred pieces that are composed in Latin text. Plainsong was the exclusive form of Christian church music until the ninth century, and the introduction of polyphony.
The monophonic chants of plainsong have a non-metric rhythm. Their rhythms are generally freer than the metered rhythm of later Western music, and they are sung without musical accompaniment (pure monody vs multi-layered monody). This inspired my decision to organize the time using an uneven but organic time signature.
I incorporated the essence of purity and asceticism through a very conscious choice of scales. The Chant in this movement is built on the aeolian pentatonic scale (A C D E F), which is a natural minor scale consisting only of 5 pure natural notes.
// Incantatio et Psalmus //
Incantatio et Psalmus is the supine form of incantō (“sing, recite, enchant”) integrated with psalm (a sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God). Continuing with the depiction of purity, the second movement is built on the aeolian mode in its entirety.
// Canticulum //
Canticulum (song or incantation) is a hymn, psalm or other Christian song of praise with lyrics taken from biblical or holy texts other than the Psalms.
The third movement breaks free from the dominance of one (Aeolian) scale. The main theme of Canticulum appears not only in different tonal forms in the same key, but modulates through a variety of different keys and tonics. The form of polyphony is mainly shaped by a dependence on the interval of a 3rd.
// The number 3 is of particular importance here. It is one of the most important numbers in the Bible. It represents harmony, The Holy Trinity and God’s presence. In Susurrus, the number 3 is represented not only in the number of movements, but also in the interval of thirds, which shapes the monodic but also polyphonic compositional narrative of the whole piece.
// Instrumentation
Susurrus can be orchestrated and adapted for many smaller or larger chamber ensembles. This is one possible version of the piece.
As its very first version, the combination of 2 instruments born more than 300 years apart (classical guitar and 13-course baroque lute) seemed extremely appropriate to the genesis of Susurrus I. This is second version adopted for two guitars - Susurrus.
I hope Susurrus will find many performances in new and unusual pairs of instruments or larger ensembles (across contemporary as well as historical instruments). 
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Parallel Universes dancing and singing together! In- and out- and allover spirations! Great and modest thanks for this Marek (& Marek!)
Thanks very much, Reli! I'm glad you like this version of my Susurrus. I'll release this summer version for three guitars and independent extended version for organ solo (!) thanks for listening and stopping by! Greetings!
Mesmerizing! Beautiful!!! 👏👏👏👏
Thanks very much!
Häkellyttävän hienoa yhteismusisointia! Vangitseva, jännittävä kappale!! 👍
Kiitos paljon! Olen iloinen, että pidät musiikistani. Nauhoitan ensi viikolla aivan uuden version SUSURRUSista kolmelle kitaralle! Lämpimät terveiset!
Thanks for showing us always your spirituallity. We can always learn about the guitar and about ourselves throug your music.
Hey Alejandro! Beautifully said. Thanks for listening and for playing my music too! Looking forward back to our collaboration in February!
The expressiveness and emotions that you set forward into the world in your compositions, is absolutely astonishing. Ever since I found your music you've been my favorite composer! This piece is absolutely beautiful!
Andrew, I'm humbled by your feedback. Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoying my works. It means A LOT! Thank you!
I love it . He has so much to say .thanks for that.
Thanks so much! Trying to find always something new in classical guitar composition and something which I've never wrote before. Greetings!
Outstanding music and performance!. . Congratulations
Thanks very much, dear Alan! Glad you liked.
Breathtaking!
Thank you Laszlo!
jest majestat gitary !
Dziękuję bardzo!
Magia pura
Grazie mille 🙏
Absolutely wonderfull!!!
thanks very much Esim!
The Portuguese writer José Saramago says in one of his works: "The journey is never over. Only travellers come to an end. But even then, they can prolong their voyage in their memories, in recollections, in stories. When the traveller sat in the sand and declared: “There’s nothing more to see,” he knew it wasn’t true. The end of one journey is simply the start of another. You have to see what you missed the first time, see again what you already saw, see in springtime what you saw in summer, in daylight what you saw at night, see the sun shining where you saw the rain falling, see the crops growing, the fruit ripen, the stone which has moved, the shadow that was not there before. You have to go back to the footsteps already taken, to go over them again or add fresh ones alongside them. You have to start the journey anew. Always". I think that "SUSURRUS" is a crystallization of these words. A hug Mario
Mario, just beautifully used quote. So true! Saramago's words reminds me of Polish writer and journalist (I absolutely love to read) Ryszard Kapuściński's smiliar way of describing travels. I used some of it as my opening quote in my book score TRAVELS. It goes:
'' A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over, because the film of memory continues running on inside of us long after we have come to a physical standstill. Indeed, there exists something like a contagion of travel, and the disease is essentially incurable. ''
Thank you very much Mario!
AWESOME!!!!! BEAUTYFULL
Thank you so much 🙏
Beautiful composition and superbly performed. Great to see a new video also - an excellent recording.
I'm always trying my best and always something new. I'm glad you like it. Thanks so much for stopping by, listening and writing those kind words. Truly appreciate it.
Mesmerizing!!! Bewitching!!! Everything is there, from Gregorian Chant to Arvo Part, all expressed in your own original style. The sound is phenomenal. This is way beyond from what the guitar normally means. Cosmic music!!!
what a beautiful words, Branislav! Thank you very much for that. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This piece is very unique and special to me for the fact I didn't plan or had in mind any instruments while writing. Just voices, polyphonic structure. Which movement you like most??
@@MarekPasieczny Hard to pick one. These three movements are all different, and each is inspired equally. I always listen all of them together.
That's nice of you to say and I'm glad you appreciate the entire triptych as the whole piece. That's rare. Usually people tend to pick one movement. There is corresponding compositional material through all three movements. So, indeed it is one entire piece based from three parts. Thank you once again, Branislav!
Incredible beauty my friend! thanks for sharing!!!!
Glad to hear it! Thanks very much!
3:24!! A magician at work ✨
Very early in the rehearsal stage I decided to 'conduct' us. Those movements really helped. Hope you like it, Pascual. Greetings!
@@MarekPasieczny Good call, Marek! I loved it! Your sensitivity to sound is very fun to watch, especially in the 2nd movement 👁
@@PascualAraujo thanks! I just did extended version of this work for three guitars in London. Hopefully will be able to post it soon on RUclips.
Beautiful music, Maestro!!
Big thanks, Gerardo! I'm thrilled you like it!!!
Merveilleux! Merci!
Merci! Je suis content que ça te plaise !
That was ridiculously beautiful ❤
Thanks very much, Conrad. Hope you're doing well. Long time no see! All the very best to you and your family!
It seems at the beginning that it is nothing unusual. Ordinary for Marek, obviously not possible to write for no composer human kind. First part - just amazing quality piece so tonal, very clear but somehow tilted a little. But the second part - this is astonishing hit from a high quality composer, not music maker as we see every day. Descending notes with some rhythm mixtures creates this part. Hope to play it on solo guitar but this thought is stupid. Second Marek sic! plays important role in this threeMarks duo. And when you thought ok, my breath is already taken, the very beauty poisoning third part is sent.
After hearing the last piece you see the whole, as a circle with some elliptic shape in the middle.
Wizardly dangerous man has composed it.
Actually all three of you Marek performer, Marek performer, Marek composer did the job perfectly talking to each other in different world.
Tomek! 3X Marek 🤣 therefor thank you, thank you, thank you! (the 3rd one on Mark's behalf). But seriously, so cool and so inspiring to read feedback from non musician (although guitarist in free time) but Professor of Physics! Always looking forward to your very out of box seeing and hearing things, I just can't see throughout 'my glasses'.
I'm so glad you like it! Yes there is circle in this triptych - at the end of the 3rd movement there is exact quote from the main 'theme' from the 1st movement (exact key of the 1st mvnt however in key of the 3ed one). Very tricky but couldn't resist making it. Dzięki Tomek!!!! 🙏
"A soft murmuring or humming sound; a whisper; a murmur" . No ordinary words can justly describe this strongly emotional piece. And what a fantastic combination of Marek and Marek performing this Pasieczny composition. Always on the top of his game.
Dear John, as always gift from you : kind, supportive and constructive words. Thank you so much. I think Susurrus can be partially dedicated to you! Thank you very much for being for me for all those years!
Phantastic!
Thank you Gerhard! Version for baroque lute and guitar (the recording) is editing as we speak. Hope you gonna like that one too. Soon on RUclips!
@@MarekPasieczny Great! For sure you can tell me, if and where the versions of this wonderful piece would be available?
@@guitarsupport Yes, i absolutely will! Meantime just uploaded something completely different.... ruclips.net/video/M0HF3myxFzE/видео.html hope you will also enjoy it
Marek, this is one of the most stunning pieces you wrote… it’s spacious, harmonically beautiful and full of emotions. I feel so lucky to know you and play with you!
Kasia! Wow 🙏 I'm truly honoured to hear such a kind words from such an amazing viola and violin player! You've made my Day! Can't wait to get back together with You and make some music again! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I realy love this music. A smell of Part and Glass north atmosphere... Do you use a special Low A 6th string or is it a E string tuned down ta A?
Hi Pascal, glad you enjoyed it. No special strings (probably it would be good to have extra hard tension E6) but in this case, I'm using regular normal tension D'addario E6
the constant camera movement destroys the sanctity of the music and my freedom to focus on the performance, I want to be free to let my attention focus where i choose. Its not about the guy with the camera and what he can do,,,,,
I'm glad you enjoyed the music. That's most important! Greetings from the UK!
Mesmerizing! Beautiful!!!! 👏👏👏👏
Thank you! I'm glad you like my music!