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A unique bilingual CD of beautiful Polish Christmas Carols. Includes a text booklet with side-by-side Polish and English verses. The perfect gift for your Polish and English-speaking family and friends! Artist Bios Jerzy (George) Bugaj--baritone, pianist, organist and musicologist--came to the United States from Warsaw, Poland, in 1989. While in Poland, Jerzy worked for the Public Radio as a broadcaster and a classical music journalist. Political changes in 1982 (martial law) steered Jerzy back to playing piano and also to singing in vocal and vocal-instrumental old music ensembles, namely Bornus Consort and Ars Nova. He also performed with the Warsaw Chamber Opera's Ars Antiqua Choir as a member and soloist. With these ensembles he performed in concerts and festivals throughout Europe, including France, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Switzerland, and Austria. In the United States George continued his vocal studies, pursuing his master and doctoral degrees at West Virginia University. In 1997 George was the laureate in the West Virginia University Young Artists Competition. He was also a guest soloist with the Toronto Sinfonietta in Canada. Since 1999 George has been the Music Director at the Catholic Information Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was during this time that he prepared a program of Polish Carols which evolved into an annual concert and ultimately the CD titled Lulajze Jezuniu and Other Gems of Polish Carols (2004) and this our latest, Oj Maluski, Maluski Agata Bugaj began playing the violin at age five. Her teachers include Hong Guang Jia, assistant concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and members of the Pittsburgh Piano Trio. She has participated in the National Youth Orchestra Festival as well as several chamber music festivals around the country. Winner of the Duquesne Young Artist Competition and the West Virginia MTNA, Agata was the concertmaster of the West Virginia All-State Orchestra and Principal violinist of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra. Agata graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with degrees in Computer Science and French. Currently working for IBM, Agata has presented at various technical conferences, including SIGCSE and the Microsoft Womens' Conference. She is also the Director of Development for the Winchester Orchestra and a member of the violin section. Violist Katarzyna Bugaj began musical studies on the violin in her native Poland. Currently pursuing a performance diploma at Indiana University, Katarzyna is a graduate of Western Michigan University, The Peabody Conservatory, and Interlochen Arts Academy. Her teachers include Victoria Chiang, Igor Fedotov, Yuval Gotlibovich, and David Holland. She also has a degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. Ms. Bugaj is currently a member of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and a supplemental musician for the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra. She was also the principal violist of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra (2002-2004), a member of the 2000-2001 Jerusalem International Symphony Orchestra, and the 2005 National Repertory Orchestra. Selections: Prelude Gdy Sie Chrystus Rodzi / Christ the King is Born Wsrod Nocnej Ciszy / Midnight Calm Silence Mizerna cicha /Silent and Lowly Pojdzmy wszyscy do stajenki /To the Stable Hasten Yonder Bog sie rodzi /Christ Is Born Aniol pasterzom mowil / Angels to the Shepherds Say Jezus malusienki / Jesus, Tiny Baby Tryumfy Krola Niebieskiego / Triumphant Heavenly Exultation Dzisiaj w Betlejem / In Bethlehem Gdy sliczna Panna / Beautiful Virgin Bracia, patrzcie jeno / Brothers, Look There Yonder Przybiezeli do Betlejem / Shepherds Came to Bethlehem Przystapmy do szopy / Come All to the Manger Lulajze Jezuniu/Lullaby, Jesus Postlude
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Features
- Compact Disc
- 16 Selections
- Total Time: 49:02
- English/Polish Language leaflet with words to all the carols
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