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Xing : for 2 conductors and ensemble / Adam Łukawski
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		Large ensemble (12 or more players)
	
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		fl/picc ob cl/cl-b fg 2h 2tpt trb tb 4perc hp acc 2vn vla vc db
	
	
			Genre: 
		
		Orchestra
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Large ensemble (12 or more players)
	
			Scoring: 
		
		fl(pic) ob cl cl-b fg (h trp trb) perc pf 2vl vla vc cb
	
Scherzo in F-dur opus 227 : for ensemble, 1995 / Ludwig van Beethoven / Joël Bons
	
			Genre: 
		
		Orchestra
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Large ensemble (12 or more players)
	
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		1110 0000 mar g man hp cemb 2vl vla vc cb
	
Boundless (Homage to L.B.) : for string orchestra, harp, keyboards and percussion / Joey Roukens
	
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		Orchestra
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Large ensemble (12 or more players)
	
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		timp 5perc hp synth/cel str
	
composition
				Xing : for 2 conductors and ensemble / Adam Łukawski
			
					
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									Lukawski, Adam
									(Composer)
								
							
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						In Chinese philosophy, before the beginning of matter, there is just nothingness - such emptiness that for a human being it is not possible to imagine it. From emptiness, borders are created (Xing) to make a form for a perceivable emptiness (Wu). Some of the other meanings of Xing are: "new beginning", "to wake up", "to conduct".
The form of the piece was inspired by the physical string theory in which collisions of gigantic string-shaped structures give birth to the new universes operating with different dimensions and physical rules. In the piece, conductors deciding tempi of separate structures causes their meetings and beginnings of new small soundscapes.
The concept of an idea of connecting different elements to create something new in a secular ritual of logic and rhetoric reminds me of the one from the last novel by Hermann Hesse - The Glass Bead Game. As this concept is very important to me, I decided to translate his poem with the same title into the rhythmical code and further incorporate it into the musical structure as a symbol in the last 90 seconds of music.
Adam Łukawski