Maciejewski: Transcriptions For 2 Pianos, Vol. 1

Kepinski, Piotr; Rajs, Katarzyna

Piano transcriptions of great music works created by Toman Maciejewski, like his many other compositions, they were ''taken out of the drawer'' by his brother Wojciech only in the late 1980's. It is a varied collection including four-handed or two-piano compositions. These stylistically and formally diversified works are masterpieces of the musical repertoire of all ages. The dates and exact circumstances of preparing the transcriptions remain unclear. It is known that Maciejewski produced most of them in Sweden at the beginning of the 1940's. They wer emeant for performance during a series of concerts in Gothenburg and Stockholm, where Maciejewski played in a duo with the English pianist Martin Penny or the Russian Alex Portnoff. There is no detailed information concerning the programmes of those concerts; only fragmentary data are available, on the basis of which it can be concluded what they were like. Marlen Wieczork, in her monograph dedicated to the composer, describes the specific circumstances of those wartime concerts, focusing on the performance which was held on May 8th, 1942 in the Stockholm Concert Hall. This musical event, organized under the patronage of Polish-English diplomats, was held for the benefit of the Polish Aid Committee for Poles. Maciejewski and Penny were advertised as well-known and critically acclaimed artists.

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