Śpiewajmy! Polish National Youth Choir & Agnieszk Franków-Żelazny

• Łukasz Farcinkiewicz (b. 1981):
• 1 Canticum novum 06:21
• Marek Raczyński (b. 1982):
• 2 Chciałbym zaśpiewać ci 04:12
• Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk (b. 1987):
• 3 Dotknięciem chwili 06:03
• Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (b.1988):
• 4 Sonnet VIII 04:03
• Zuzanna Falkowska (b. 1988):
• 5 Singin’ 04:33
• Michał Ziółkowski (b. 1991):
• 6 Idzie na pola, idzie na bory 04:48
• Sebastian Szymański (b. 1982):
• 7 Śpiewajcie 05:39
• Aleksandra Chmielewska (b. 1993):
• 8 The Singers 06:13
• Michał Malec (b. 1995):
• 9 I Heard You Singing 07:02
• Łukasz Urbaniak (b. 1980):
• 10 Cantus 05:20
• Jan Krutul (b. 1987):
• 11 Let Your Singing Transcend the Borders 03:25
• Katarzyna Danel (b. 1992):
• 12 I Don’t Sing 05:54
• Total Runtime 01:03:33

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Singing is the most organic form of music making, it is also a way to express emotions and personality. Singing has a beneficial effect on our body, both physically and mentally, and ensemble singing additionally brings invaluable social benefits. Thus, since the dawn of humankind people have used sounds for various purposes, e.g. religious, as a way to scare away their enemies or to attract their partners. Todays research clearly indicates that when we sing, the levels of happiness hormones grow, and the relationships among choirmates tighten. The fascination for the phenomenon of ensemble singing has accompanied us all during the educational sessions of Polish National Youth Choir since the very beginning of its existence. Each of the sessions, without exceptions, has gathered young people who love singing, and at the same time wish for improvement of their, already high, musical and vocal competence. Therefore we have created a place where advanced skills and professional pace of work meet enthusiasm and joy of music making. We have decided to express our vocal passion in a unique way to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the project. Twelve young Polish composers were asked to write new choral pieces, basing on chosen texts which best reflect their approach to the subject of singing. Thus, a collection of twelve exceptional and colourful compositions was created. Among them, there are works composed to religious and secular texts, some were inspired by the Renaissance motet and the polychoral style, others by gospel music, jazz and blues. The combination of these twelve composers ideas and the energy of 60 young talented singers has given an amazing effect, which we have decided to save on this particular recording. Therefore, with great joy, we would like to present you with this special album. It certainly proves what beautiful choral music is created by young Polish composers, and what great and passionate performers of this music we find in our country today. (Agnieszka Franków-Zelazny)

Małgorzata Priebe, soprano
Sylwia Kapela, soprano
Piotr Gałek, tenor
Agata Ranz, alto
Anna Maślanka, soprano
Daniela Ozdarska, alto
Polish National Youth Choir
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, conductor

Agnieszk Franków-Żelazny
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny studierte in Wrocław zunächst Biologie, Gesang und Musikpädagogik, danach Chorleitung in Bydgoszcz und Kraków. Ihre berufliche Laufbahn begann sie 1995 als professionelle Chorsängerin, in den folgenden Jahren verlagerte sie ihren Schwerpunkt auf die Chorleitung. Mit den von ihr gegründeten Chören "Con Amore" und "Medici Cantantes" gewann sie mehrere internationale Wettbewerbe. 2006 wurde sie Chordirektorin des Philharmonischen Chors Wrocław, ein Ensemble, das seit der Eröffnung des neuen Nationalen Forums für Musik (NFM) im Jahr 2015 "Chór Narodowego Forum Muzyki" heißt und als Polens bester Chor gilt.

Mit dem NFM-Chor tritt Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny als Dirigentin erfolgreich bei nationalen und internationalen Festivals auf, auch ihre Chor-Einstudierungen für Schallplattenproduktionen mit renommierten Ensembles (z.B. Gabrieli Consort) werden sehr geschätzt. Auf ihre Initiative wurde 2013 der Polnische Nationaljugendchor gegründet, der seither zweimal jährlich zu intensiven Arbeitsphasen unter ihrer Leitung zusammenkommt.

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