Sunday, July 01, 2012

艁ukasz performs.




A warm evening, nice night for a drive in the countryside so we made the trip northwest to D艂uga Go艣lina to hear 艁ukasz Kuropaczewski perform on the classical guitar.

It wasn't hard to find the church, St. Mary Magdalena, and the 6PM mass was still going on when we arrived about 7:15PM. In the yard at the side of the church were many benches where people were already gathering to hear the concert. A sound system and large screen were setup to handle the overflow of the audience and for those who didn't want to sit in a hot church.  We chose to sit inside, closer to the performer.

艁ukasz arrived with his wife shortly after we did.  When he was walking into the back of the church and saw us sitting outside, waiting, he waved to us and said hello. I guess being recognized by him in the crowd is a benefit of being an American/Pole.

We moved into the church and found a seat fairly close to the altar where he would peform.

It's an old wooden church, ca. 1630, small and the pews, benches, were uncomfortable.  This is nothing new for very old churches. We had a perfect line of view to the chair he would use to sit on while performing until the sound man put a microphone stand in front of us to to record the performance. I did manage to take some pictures but with the poor lighting in the church they didn't come out well.  I was disappointed with the results of the pictures.

However, his performance was excellent and worth the trip.  After the concert was over we went to say hello to him and he introduced us to his wife. I was somewhat amazed that he remembered our names during the introduction.  I asked him when his next concert, locally, would be and he told me in August in Aula, the performance center in Pozna艅.  This place is well lit, has very comfortable seats and it's a paid event. Monday I will find out if tickets are available yet and buy two.

Ciep艂y wiecz贸r, mi艂y noc na dysku na wsi, wi臋c zrobili艣my p贸艂nocno-zachodniej wycieczka do D艂ugiej Go艣linie us艂ysze膰 艁ukasz Kuropaczewski wykonuje na gitarze klasycznej.


Nie by艂o trudno znale藕膰 ko艣ci贸艂 艣w Marii Magdaleny, a 6pm masy nadal toczy艂a si臋 kiedy przyjechali艣my o 7:15 PM. Na dziedzi艅cu z boku ko艣cio艂a by艂o wiele 艂awki, gdzie ludzie ju偶 zbieranie us艂ysze膰 koncert.System d藕wi臋ku i du偶y ekran by艂 ustawiony tak, aby poradzi膰 sobie z nadmiaru publiczno艣ci i dla tych, kt贸rzy nie chc膮 siedzie膰 w gor膮cej ko艣cio艂a. Zdecydowali艣my si臋 usi膮艣膰 w 艣rodku, bli偶ej wykonawcy.


艁ukasz przyjecha艂 z 偶on膮 wkr贸tce po zrobili艣my. Kiedy szed艂 z ty艂u ko艣cio艂a i zobaczy艂 nas siedzi na zewn膮trz, czekaj膮c, pomacha艂 do nas i powiedzia艂 cze艣膰. My艣l臋, 偶e jest uznana przez niego w t艂umie jest korzy艣膰 z bycia Amerykaninem / Polak.


Ruszyli艣my do ko艣cio艂a i znale藕膰 miejsce do艣膰 blisko o艂tarza, gdzie m贸g艂 peform.


Jest to stary drewniany ko艣ci贸艂, ca. 1630, ma艂y i 艂awy, 艂awki, by艂y niewygodne. To nic nowego dla bardzo starych ko艣cio艂贸w. Mieli艣my doskona艂膮 lini臋 celu krze艣le, m贸g艂by u偶ywa膰 do zasiadania w trakcie wykonywania a偶 d藕wi臋k cz艂owiek nie statywie mikrofonowym przed nami do rejestrowania wykonania. I uda艂o si臋 zrobi膰 kilka zdj臋膰, ale z s艂abym o艣wietleniu w ko艣ciele, 偶e nie wyjdzie dobrze. By艂em rozczarowany wynikami zdj臋ciach.


Jednak jego wyst臋p by艂 znakomity i wart podr贸偶y. Po koncercie by艂o ponad poszli艣my przywita膰 si臋 z nim, a on wprowadzi艂 nas do swojej 偶ony. By艂em nieco zaskoczony, 偶e pami臋ta nasze imiona podczas wprowadzenia. Spyta艂em go, kiedy jego nast臋pny koncert, lokalnie, b臋dzie i powiedzia艂 mi w sierpniu w Auli, centrum wydajno艣ci w Poznaniu. To miejsce jest dobrze o艣wietlone, ma bardzo wygodne fotele i jest p艂atna impreza. Poniedzia艂ek dowiem si臋 czy bilety s膮 jeszcze dost臋pne i kupi膰 dwa.