Zbigniew Preisner (born 20 May 1955 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, birth name: Z… Read Full Bio ↴Zbigniew Preisner (born 20 May 1955 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, birth name: Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Zbigniew Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków; never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself about music by listening and transcribing parts from records. His compositional style represents a distinctively spare form of tonal neo-romanticism.
Preisner is best known for the music composed for the films directed by fellow Pole Krzysztof Kieślowski. His "Song for the Unification of Europe", based on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13, is attributed to a character in Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue and plays a dominant role in the story. His music for Three Colors: Red includes a setting of Polish and French versions of a poem by Wisława Szymborska, a Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet.
After working with Kieślowski on Three Colors: Blue, Preisner was hired by the producer Francis Ford Coppola to write the score for The Secret Garden, directed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Although Preisner is most closely associated with Kieślowski, he has collaborated with several other directors, winning a César in 1996 for his work on Jean Becker's Élisa. He has won a number of other awards, including another César in 1994 for Three Colors: Red and the Silver Bear at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival 1997 for The Island on Bird Street.
In 1998, Requiem for My Friend, Preisner's first large scale work not written for film, was premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but it became a memorial to Kieślowski after the director's death. He composed the theme music for The People's Century, a monumental twenty-six part documentary made jointly in 1994 by the BBC television network in the United Kingdom and the PBS television network in the United States. He has also worked with director Thomas Vinterberg on the 2003 film It's All about Love and provided orchestration for David Gilmour's 2006 album On an Island. Silence, Night, and Dreams is Zbigniew Preisner’s new recording project, a large-scale work for orchestra, choir, and soloists, based on texts from the Book of Job. The first recording was released in 2007 with the lead singer of Madredeus, Teresa Salgueiro, and boy soprano Thomas Cully from Libera.
Van den Budenmayer is a fictitious eighteenth-century Dutch composer created by Preisner and director Krzysztof Kieślowski for attributions in screenplays. Preisner said Van den Budenmayer is a pseudonym he and Kieślowski invented "because we both loved the Netherlands". Music by the Dutch composer plays a role in three Kieślowski films: The Decalogue, Three Colours: Blue, and Three Colours: Red . In the second of these, a theme from his musiques funèbres is quoted in "The Song for the Unification of Europe". Its E minor soprano solo is prefigured in the earlier film The Double Life of Veronique, where circumstances in the story prevent the solo from finishing.
Zbigniew Preisner studied history and philosophy in Kraków; never having received formal music lessons, he taught himself about music by listening and transcribing parts from records. His compositional style represents a distinctively spare form of tonal neo-romanticism.
Preisner is best known for the music composed for the films directed by fellow Pole Krzysztof Kieślowski. His "Song for the Unification of Europe", based on the Greek text of 1 Corinthians 13, is attributed to a character in Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue and plays a dominant role in the story. His music for Three Colors: Red includes a setting of Polish and French versions of a poem by Wisława Szymborska, a Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet.
After working with Kieślowski on Three Colors: Blue, Preisner was hired by the producer Francis Ford Coppola to write the score for The Secret Garden, directed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Although Preisner is most closely associated with Kieślowski, he has collaborated with several other directors, winning a César in 1996 for his work on Jean Becker's Élisa. He has won a number of other awards, including another César in 1994 for Three Colors: Red and the Silver Bear at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival 1997 for The Island on Bird Street.
In 1998, Requiem for My Friend, Preisner's first large scale work not written for film, was premiered. It was originally intended as a narrative work to be written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz and directed by Kieślowski, but it became a memorial to Kieślowski after the director's death. He composed the theme music for The People's Century, a monumental twenty-six part documentary made jointly in 1994 by the BBC television network in the United Kingdom and the PBS television network in the United States. He has also worked with director Thomas Vinterberg on the 2003 film It's All about Love and provided orchestration for David Gilmour's 2006 album On an Island. Silence, Night, and Dreams is Zbigniew Preisner’s new recording project, a large-scale work for orchestra, choir, and soloists, based on texts from the Book of Job. The first recording was released in 2007 with the lead singer of Madredeus, Teresa Salgueiro, and boy soprano Thomas Cully from Libera.
Van den Budenmayer is a fictitious eighteenth-century Dutch composer created by Preisner and director Krzysztof Kieślowski for attributions in screenplays. Preisner said Van den Budenmayer is a pseudonym he and Kieślowski invented "because we both loved the Netherlands". Music by the Dutch composer plays a role in three Kieślowski films: The Decalogue, Three Colours: Blue, and Three Colours: Red . In the second of these, a theme from his musiques funèbres is quoted in "The Song for the Unification of Europe". Its E minor soprano solo is prefigured in the earlier film The Double Life of Veronique, where circumstances in the story prevent the solo from finishing.
Awakening Of Spring
Zbigniew Preisner Lyrics
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Agnus Dei Agnus Dei, Qui tollis peccata mundi: Dona eis requiem. Agnus…
At the Beginning We were strangers, starting out on a journey Never dreaming,…
Błogosławione Łono Błogosławione łono Na słodko i na słono Które ciebie nosiło …
Ciel Jesteś dniem wczorajszym Jesteś dniem dzisiejszym Jesteś dni…
Do polityka Kto ty jesteś, człowieku Zbrodniarz, czy bohater? Ty, któreg…
Dobra Zmiana A gdy zawieje wschodni wiatr, Obywatelu drugiej kat. Wegetar…
El Gusto Cantando el "gustito" estaba cuando me quede dormido Cuando …
Kolęda Dla Nieobecnych W słodkim Jeruzalem nocka już zapada Śpiące stada bydła prze…
Kolęda na koniec wieku Dwa tysiące razy Maleńki Kochany Kładli Cię w stajence W kol…
L'Amour au Premier Regard Ils pensent tous deux Qu'un sentiment subit les a unis Belle…
Lacrimosa Lacrimosa, lacrimosa, lacrimosa, lacrimosa Lacrimosa, lacrim…
Lux aeterna Światłość wiekuista niechaj mu świeci, Panie, wśród Świętych…
Milosc od pierwszego wejrzenia (Love at first sight) Oboje są przekonani Że połączyło ich uczucie nagłe Piękna je…
Noc Witaj w moim śnie Płomień świecy zgasł Nocy uchyl drzwi Chcę…
Officium Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine Et lux perpetua luceat eis …
Ostatni bieg basi W naszym ludzkim bólu W zdumieniu odejściem Spróbuj chwycić …
Piotr Noc w noc całymi latami Sen w dzień, gdy ranek za…
Song for the unification of Europe Εάν ταις γλώσσαις των ανθρώπων λαλώ και των αγγέλων αγάπην …
Song for the Unification of Europe (Patrice's version) Ean tais glosais toon antropoon lalo kai toon angeloon, agap…
Van den Budenmayer Concerto en Mi mineur O you, eager to hear more, who have followed in your…
Van den Budenmayer: Concerto en mi mineur (SBI 152 - Version de 1798) O voi che siete in piccioletta barca, desiderosi d'ascoltar,…
When A Man Loves A Woman When a man loves a woman Can't keep his mind on…
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