Lutosławski : Strawchain and Other Songs

Lutosławski: Strawchain & Other Songs was written in 1951 for Polish Radio, Strawchain & Other songs presents a series of contrasting songs about nature and people. Strawchain itself is a set of variations where the Piano weaves around the unchanging melody.

Lutosławski's idiom is carefully crafted with short, memorable motifs and imaginative responses to the mixture of Polish traditional poems and contemporary writers. Arranged and translated into English by Marie Pooler.

Songlist:

- Prelude (without voices)
- The Little Cottage
- The Woman and the Goat
- The Sound in the Forest
- Little Pear Tree
- The Blossoming Tree
- In Johann's Garden
- Strawchain
- I. Straw Hats and Straw Boots
- II. Little Well
- III. Rosebushes
- IV. Our Dog
- V. Flowers in the Winter
- VI. The Old Cow
- VII. Straw Braids