LOVE SONGS OF GREEN WILDERNESS

On the northern side of the Narew river, in its middle course, live the Green Kurpie peoples. They preserve the tradition of the oldest form of “mazurzenie”, a phonological phenomenon, both in dialect and music. In their songs, we find musical scales which are older than the major-minor scale commonly used today. On the literary level, the songs are principally love poems. Adam Strug’s concert will include the most beautiful Kurpie songs, which are the work of an anonymous musical and literary genius. The realistic anthropology of these sung pieces, combined with the natural, rough vocal emission, make Strug’s performances a true tearjerker.

ADAM STRUG

Singer and instrumentalist, songwriter, composer of theatre and film music, producer and music curator, director and screenwriter of documentaries, promoter of traditional music, founder of the Monodia Polska singing group which specializes in traditional Polish songs from the oral tradition. In the years 2017-2019, he hosted the programme “Musical Journey through Poland” on the Polish Radio One. From 2019 to 2021, he was the host of the Thursday editions of the “Źródła” Folk Culture Magazine on the Polish Radio Two. From 2020, he hosts a weekly, interdisciplinary programme “Owszem Mazowsze” in TVP3 Warsaw.

*Co-financed by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport from funds of the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the “Music” program, obtained from subsidies established in games subject to state monopoly, in accordance with Art. 80 sec. 1 of the Gambling Act of November 19, 2009, implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

*The Society of Authors ZAiKS is a Partner of CODES Festival.