Tharsis

(2024)

for contrabass clarinet and electronic media

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THARSIS

Written for and dedicated to Julian Paprocki

Tharsis is the name of an enormous Martian plateau, a vast space on a scale incomparable to those on Earth, shaped by the raging elements.

The musical notation of the piece has an open form and serves as a map for improvisation and creative interpretation. The notated motifs correspond directly to similar ones in the spatial electronic layer, which should be treated as an equivalent of a traditional musical score. The performer co-creates the piece interacting with electronic sounds and the space in which the piece is presented, and evolves with each subsequent, unique interpretation.

AUDIO ART Festival 2024, Kraków, Poland
Concert "Surface of timbre", November 23, 2024
Tharsis starts at about 50:50.

SURFACE OF TIMBRE - JULIAN PAPROCKI | CD

CD Release:
SURFACE OF TIMBRE
Julian Paprocki - contrabass clarinet

REQUIEM RECORDS - OPUS SERIES 112 | 2024

New works for contrabass clarinet and electronics by Wojciech Błażejczyk, Edward Sielicki, Maciej Jablonski, Michał Janocha, Artur Zagajewski, Ewa Trębacz, Jan Stańczyk and Mateusz Ryczek.

Tharsis by Ewa Trębacz - YouTube Release:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXyOnN4UcM

All tracks available via Spotify...

Performances and Events

December 13, 2025	ART MINTAKA FESTIVAL December 12-14, 2025, Bydgoszcz, Poland Julian Paprocki Recital of works for bass and contrabass clarinet with electronics by composers Claude Ledoux, Wojciech Glądys and Ewa Trębacz
June 7, 2025	HASHTAG LAB, Warsaw, Poland "Surface of Timbre" - a concert of works for contrabass clarinet and electronics Works by Jan Stańczyk, Mateusz Ryczek, Artur Zagajewski, Ewa Trębacz and Wojciech Błażejczyk Julian Paprocki - contrabass clarinet Mateusz Ryczek - electronics
March 3, 2025	Polish Radio (Polskie Radio) - program "Nowa Polska": Julian Paprocki and his unique contrabass clarinet
February 13, 2025	Seattle Modern Orchestra: Electroacoustic Environments Concert of of immersive electroacoustic music curated by Marcin Pączkowski Raisbeck Auditorium at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle Angelique Poteat - contrabass clarinet [ U.S. premiere ]
December 8, 2024	Academy of Music in Łódź, Poland Chamber Hall: Concert IV XIII National Conference of Doctoral Students of Music Universities Julian Paprocki - contrabass clarinet
November 23, 2024	AUDIO ART Festival 2024: "Surface of timbre" HEVRE, ul. Meiselsa 18, Kraków, Poland Julian Paprocki - contrabass clarinet Piotr Madej - electronics Download mp3... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/cuup1K066bM?si=7eso7ZnagpAaZ7Au&t=3048
July 24, 2024	HARMONIES and NOISES New Music Summer Courses for Performers in Bydgoszcz Miejskie Centrum Kultury, Bydgoszcz, Poland Julian Paprocki - contrabass clarinet [ World premiere ]