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CLOSING OF THE FESTIVAL
“Misterium Stabat Mater” Włodek Pawlik (Warsaw)

Włodek Pawlik — piano

22. 11. 2015 – Sunday
8pm
Our Lady of Victory Church, ul. Łąkowa 42

phot. Jacek Zawadzki

About Christian Culture Festival

Christian Culture Festival was organized for the first time in 1997 on 10th Anniversary of the Logos Theatre. In a sense, it extends the idea of Christian Culture Weeks organized in Poland in 70s and 80s of the last century, which were to become counterpoise to lay media model promoted by the State. Lodz Christian Culture Days were organized in churches all around the city, so as to accommodate the artists, spectacles, exhibitions and projections.

One of such places was the John Paul lecture theatre in the vault of the Assumption of Holy Mother Church in Kościelna Street. This is where the Logos Theatre started, before it was moved to the church in Maria Skłodowska-Curie. It was this church that Archbishop Władysław Ziółek gave to the Lodz artists in 1993, and in which the Centre of Creative Communities’ of Lodz Archdiocese was appointed. It is here that the ‘logistic’ centre of the Festival is located, and where some of the Festival events take place.

Traditionally, the Festival takes place in November, on the first Sunday after All Soul’s Day. It usually lasts for two weeks, during which various event take place – spectacle premiers, other theatres come to Lodz, there are exhibitions of invited artists, performances of choirs and musicians, very often not to be seen anywhere else in Poland at any other time. The Festival programme is the result of the whole year’s work of rev. Waldemar Sondka, the Festival Director, who – using his contacts – invites artists who are interesting, out of the ordinary, noteworthy and creating art perhaps not always religious, but always searching and at the highest level. Care for the level of the Festival offers is a permanent rule, the Logos environment has always wished to provide the Lodz citizens with the possibility of contact with art deprived of parochialism, open to the man and as perfect formally as possible.

The Festival is not an activity that brings profit. Any entrance cards are issued as invitations that are free of charge, and the team of the Logos Theatre and all the people engaged in the Festival organization, act as volunteers. This does not mean that Christian Culture Festival costs nothing. On the contrary, to organize such a cultural event at appropriate level is always connected with costs. Rev. Waldemar Sondka deals with organizing means to secure the Festival events all year round. He manages to gain sponsors (without whom the Festival would not exist) and subsidies from institutions that deal with funding culture (without which the Festival could not develop). All that in order to realize the basic idea of the event that derived from the Lodz Christian Culture Days – to enable anyone who wishes and needs that, to live the Mystery through art. This idea assumes a free of charge participation in all the artistic events, which has been the case since the very beginning of the Festival until today, the only condition is that on the day of the Festival opening, one must queue as long as it takes to get invitations. The only limit to the number of invitations is the capacity of rooms in which the events are organized every day throughout the two weeks of the Festival.


 

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Włodek Pawlik

Włodek Pawlik (born in 1958) — pianist and composer, laureate of GRAMMY award in 2014 for his record “Night in Calisia” in the category of “The Best Jazz Large Ensemble”. This is the first ever GRAMMY award for Polish jazz.

A graduate of a piano class under the supervision of prof. B. Hesse-Bukowska at the Music Academy of F.Chopin in Warsaw. He also completed studies at the Jazz Faculty of Hochschule fur Musik in Hamburg. In 2007, the artist was granted with a PhD at the Musical Academy of F. Chopin, where he is currently lecturing on improvisation. There are 30 records that he has recorded so far, a number of film music pieces, orchestra compositions, ballet music or vocals. He is a laureate of Grand Prix at the International Jazz Competition in Dunkirk (France) and the 2nd prize at the International Jazz Composition Competition in Monaco.

A creator of music for films such as “Wrony” and “Pora umierać” by Dorota Kędzierzawska, to a film “Rewers” by Borys Lankosz (Złote Lwy for the best music at the 34th Festival of Polish Feature films in Gdynia, Orły 2010 of the Polish Film Academy), and for international productions — Peter Greenaway and Marleen Gorris.

His project “Misterium Stabat Mater” for jazz piano and Gregorian choir received “FRYDERK 2005”, whereas his record “Anhelli” was rewarded by TVP Kulturain 2006. In 2008, the artist composed and recorded a jazz suite “Tykocin” together with Randy Brecker; the record’s world release, under the title of “Nostalgic Journey”, was produced by an American company “Summit Records”. Pawlik was honoured for his music with the title of “The Jazz Musician of the Year in 2009” in the survey “Jazz Station” in Los Angeles. In the same year, his double solo album was released, “Grand Piano”.
In 2011 the record “Struny na ziemi” was released with music for poetry by J. Iwaszkiewicz, and it was rewarded with the title The Jazz record of the Year in 2011 by Rzeczpospolita.

In 2013 his record with music for poetry by J. Czechowicz “Wieczorem” was released.

In 2014 Pawlik composed a suite “Freedom” comissioned by the President, B. Komorowski, for a choir, orchestra and a jazz trio, which was presented on June 4th 2014 in Pl. Zamkowy in Warsaw, on the Day of Freedom, in the presence of many heads of states, including the President of the USA, Barrack Obama.

Most important rewards:
Order of Polonia Restituta, Honourable Citizen of Kalisz, “Koryfeusz ”of Polish Music in the category of “Personality of the Years in 2014”, “Fryderyk 2014”— the Artist of the Year “Anioł Jazzu” 2015 (Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa Festival); the Artist of the Year 2014 in Jazz Forum, Mateusz2014.

Włodek Pawlik was also a member of the jury in V American Jazz Piano Competition in Indianapolis in 2001,lectured at Eastman School of Music, Western Michigan University, during IAJE Jazz Conference in Los Angeles (1999), at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels.

Włodek Pawlik
STABAT MATER Mystery
1. Ave Maria
2. Stabant autem iuxta crucem
3. Ubi caritas
4. Oratio
5. Kyrie
6. O vos omnes
7. Evangelium
8. Stabat Mater
9. Ave Verum
10. Oratio
11. Ave Maria

 

“Musica Sacra” Choir

Musica Sacra logo

“Musica Sacra” Choir was created in 2002 and by the decree of Archbishop Sławoj Leszejk Głódź, it operates as Warsaw-Prague Cathedral Choir. Its realm is modern sacred music. The ensemble took part in many prestigious festivals both in Poland, Germany, France and Italy. They give concerts in Poland, Europe and the USA. The Choir performed a premiere of Witold Lutosławski, Stanisław Moryto and Paweł Łukaszewski’s compositions as well as other composers from both Americas. They recorded and released 7 records, 5 of which were rewarded with Fryderyk; “Stabat Mater Mystery” by Włodek Pawlik, dedicated to the Holy Father John Paul II. The ensemble co-operated with the most renowned Polish orchestras and soloists. Vocal care for the choir members is provided by Joanna Łukaszewska.

 

Paweł Łukaszewski

Paweł Łukaszewski is a coposer and a conductor, cello player and a graduate of Music Academy of F. Chopin in Warsaw, where he is currently an academic teacher. Since 2004 he has been a professor of music arts.
Between 2003 and 2006, he was a visiting professor in Chile and Argentina. The year 2010 brought him a series of lectures in France, Germany, Spain and Norway. He received many awards for his compositions in Poland and abroad. Seven times he has received Fryderyk in the category of the Artist of the Year.
Paweł Łukaszewski’s compositions have been performed at over 100 festivals in Poland and abroad, by such renowned choirs as the one from Cambridge and London, thus gaining a noticeable position in Europe, the USA and Canada.
He is a juror at composition contests in Poland, Italy, Romania, Russia and Malta, and also a conductor of the Warsaw-Prague Cathedral Choir. Since 2000 he has been the chairman of the Musica Sacra Institute.