Tensegrity

The legendary Alchemia Club in Kraków (Poland) has played and continues to play host to musicians worldwide to present their musical ideas. In recent years I have had the pleasure to prepare large ensemble projects there during the daylight hours, whilst the evening has given way to small formations from within the big band that, in a way, expose the heart and soul of the group, an ontological musical debate that informed the total experience of our work together. KINESIS or ONTOLOGY (depending on which title we will choose ) represents the summation of three evening performances, where regular but most often new alliances came together for creative evocations in an uncharted musical landscape. To my ears these experiences in turn informed the Première performance of “The Blue Shroud” at the end of our residency where a unified sense of purpose provided the listener with an especially emotional focus. My thanks go to Marek Winiarski for making the project happen and to Maya Homburger for managing the band as well as playing in the ensemble. To the musicians involved, I send my thanks for their commitment, but above all for their amazing creativity, endlessly demonstrated night after night. (Barry Guy)