“There is no silence after sound” – Paweł Siechowicz for Ruch Muzyczny on Zygmunt Krauze’s Piano Concerto No. 4

There is no silence after sound

The emotional content of each successive figure swells, grows immense and moves the listener more and more, only to suddenly fall silent in an unexpected general pause. This pause, however, is filled with sound. We begin to understand better that silence is not its antithesis, but its lining. It houses everything that is most important…

ENTIRE TEXT BY PAWEŁ SIECHOWICZ AT RUCH MUZYCZNY (IN POLISH): https://ruchmuzyczny.pl/article/3686