Jerzy Bauer is one of the leading Polish composers of the generation after Lutoslawski and Panufnik. Since his son Andrzej is one of the major...

Jerzy Bauer is one of the leading Polish composers of the generation after Lutoslawski and Panufnik. Since his son Andrzej is one of the major cellists of the current generation, it is hardly surprising to find that music for cello figures prominently in his large output. Bauer's mild modernism showing a respectful engagement with the music of the past. The second of his two cello concertos demonstrates that he is fully aware that the cello is the singing instrument par excellence, and his work This is inspired by a late poem of Czeslaw Milosz. The cellist Andrzej Bauer is one of the leading Polish musician sof his generation. He has given recitals in Amsterdam, Hamburg, Munich and Paris, and performed with orchestras across Europe, the United States and Japan.