Paweł Siechowicz

Muzykolog, tłumacz, krytyk i edukator muzyczny.

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (22/365) #songsofchange

Fryderyk Chopin, Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31 (1837)

Rubinstein’s interpretation breaths with the air of freedom, from first to last measure.

YouTube: https://t.co/Q1kOCo5SWb

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (21/365) #songsofchange

Ira, Nadzieja (Hope, 1991)

The year I was born Ira sung about hope that shall never die.

YouTube: https://t.co/KSQ1PiopnV

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Dzień z życia muzykologa: https://t.co/ZLJJDFVeHC

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (20/365) #songsofchange

John Coltrane, My Favorite Things (1961)

The little things that give comfort and bring the feeling of safety are the anchors of resistance to the hardships of life.

YouTube: https://t.co/nPfqrIaXl9

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (19/365) #songsofchange

Wojciech Kilar, Riff 62 (1962)

Young Kilar makes a claim. To compose a powerful riff is to stand for freedom.

YouTube: https://t.co/C9sB3j1qR6

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (18/365) #songsofchange

Tyler Bates, The Punisher End Title (2017)

A guitar riff as a coffer of resistance? Sure!

YouTube: https://t.co/RpwVedV5Ef

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (17/365) #songsofchange

Dżem, Najemnik (Mercenary, 1989)

Dżem describes the existential situation of a mercenary. Mercenary shall not ask questions and make choices. Understanding leads to freedom.

YouTube: https://t.co/qMGTVd9X0q

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (16/365) #songsofchange

Jacek Kaczmarski, Przemysław Gintrowski, Zbigniew Łapiński, the Walls (1981)

Three bards of Solidarity sing shoulder to shoulder forcing the walls that rise among us to fall.

Spotify: https://t.co/JfLLAv82W0

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (15/365) #songsofchange

Pink Floyd, Another brick in the wall (1979)

We don’t need education that teaches obedience. We need education that liberates and make us more human.

YouTube: https://t.co/67xq6qyFJd

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (14/365) #songsofchange

Kino, Gruppa krovi (1988)

Victor Tsoi breaks into a song to confess the urgent need to fight for freedom and autonomy.

YouTube: https://t.co/dg4tIrUNU1

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (13/365) #songsofchange

George Gershwin, Summertime (1935)

When parents sing lullabies they cover their children with protective magic. Gershwin’s Summertime is a powerful spell.

YouTube: https://t.co/B3Zh1lNGnl

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (12/365) #songsofchange

Anna Maria Jopek, Uwoz mamo

Jopek takes a traditional song and transform it into a song of women freedom to decide over their body, life and love choices.

Spotify: https://t.co/B31n1N0x62

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (11/365) #songsofchange

Vincenzo Bellini, Suoni la tromba from I puritani (1835)

Bellini composed a powerful duet of brotherhood and freedom. It became a hymn of the Sicilians.

YouTube: https://t.co/tI30nYZR3l

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Lull, Soldier was written by Henryk Zwierzchowski in the trenches of the First World War to the tune of a well-known Christmas caroll Lull, baby Jesus.
I dedicate this performance to my brothers in Ukraine. Take this song with you. Sing about Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (10/365)

Henryk Zwierzchowski, Lulajże, żołnierzu (1916) https://t.co/9MIj0H3jtW via @YouTube

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (9/365) #songsofchange

Jeremi Przybora, Jerzy Wasowski, Piosenka jest dobra na wszystko / The song is good for everything (1962)

A smile and a song are the highest forms of resistance.

YouTube: https://t.co/tcOU2fEG6y

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (8/365) #songsofchange

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, 3rd Symphony „Sorrowful Songs”

Górecki gives voice to women who lost their sons and freedom. One of the most powerful laments in music history.

YouTube: https://t.co/ObXjiZBRqS

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (7/365) #songsofchange

7/365. Eros Ramazotti, Se bastasse una canzone (1990): Wouldn’t it be nice to write a song that could change the world? Posing a question equals giving an answer.

YouTube: https://t.co/phZ3f2yWz5

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (6/365) #songsofchange

Ani DiFranco, Not a Pretty Girl (1995)

DiFranco gives voice to damsels who prefer to take care of themselves and live their own lives.
„I want to be more than a pretty girl”

YouTube: https://t.co/F8PnxdqGGx

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Songs of resistance, freedom and solidarity (5/365)

Robert Schumann, Winterzeit II from Album for the Young, Op. 68

Schumann created in this peace a cosy space of resistance against the hostile world outside.

#songsofchange

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