We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Wielka Improwizacja

from DIFFERENT TRAINS by Arturas Bumšteinas

/

about

WIELKA IMPROWIZACJA (2013)

Radiophonic composition based on the monologue “Wielka Improwizacja” from the 3rd part of poetic drama „Dziady“ (Forefather's Eve) by Adam Mickiewicz and the archival recording of it's reading done by Polish poet-performer Miron Białoszewski. Most parts of this composition were recorded in-and-around the site of the Basilian monastery in Vilnius, which in 19th century was turned into Russian Tsarist prison where both Adam Mickiewicz and a protagonist of his poetic drama were jailed.

performed by: Miron Białoszewski – archival voice recording, Sean Palmer – english narrator, Jūratė Katinaitė – radio narrator, Natalia Bumšteinas – child's voice, Krzysztof Marciniak – guitar and singing, Chordos String Quartet (Ieva Sipaitytė, Vaida Paukštienė, Robertas Bliškevičius, Vita Šiugždinienė), Arturas Bumšteinas – St.Johns' church organ in Vilnius, St. Peter and Paul's church organ in Varniai, broken glass harmonica, field-recordings, short wave radio, reel-to-reel tape recorder.

Special thanks to: Cela Konrada, Holy Trinity Church and Basilian Monastery in Vilnius, Lithuanian Railway Museum, Renata Gadliauskienė, Eglė Šeduikytė-Korienė, Vytis Jurkonis, Antanas Ivinskis, Marcin Staniszewski, Jacek Hawryluk & Małgorzata Małaszko-Stasiewicz.

lyrics

Adam Mickiewicz "Wielka Improwizacja", translated from Polish to English by Charles S. Kraszewski.

credits

from DIFFERENT TRAINS, released June 28, 2014

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Arturas Bumsteinas image

Arturas Bumsteinas Vilnius, Lithuania

sound art and music

contact / help

Contact Arturas Bumsteinas

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Arturas Bumsteinas, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now