Adam Palma: Second Life Adam Palma, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio & Agnieszka Duczmal

• Adam Palma (b. 1974): Second Life (Orch. K. Debski):
• 1 Second Life (Orch. K. Debski) 04:38
• Feliks Nowowiejski (1877 - 1946): Rota (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra):
• 2 Rota (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra) 04:25
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2, B. 61 (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra):
• 3 Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2, B. 61 (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra) 04:41
• Edward Pałłasz (1936 - 2019): Stokrotka (Gdzie strumyk płynie z wolna) [Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra]:
• 4 Stokrotka (Gdzie strumyk płynie z wolna) [Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra] 02:05
• Adam Palma: My Polish Heart (Orch. K. Debski):
• 5 My Polish Heart (Orch. K. Debski) 04:21
• Traditional: Polka dziadek (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra):
• 6 Polka dziadek (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra) 02:00
• Seweryn Krajewski (b. 1947): Run Away My Heart (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra):
• 7 Run Away My Heart (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra) 05:37
• Adam Palma: Into Battle (Orch. K. Debski):
• 8 Into Battle (Orch. K. Debski) 03:55
• Krzesimir Debski (b. 1953), Adam Palma: Medley for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra (After Chopin's Opp. 35 & 52):
• 9 Medley for Guitar & Chamber Orchestra (After Chopin's Opp. 35 & 52) 09:23
• Krzesimir Debski: Cantabile in B Minor (Arr. K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra):
• 10 Cantabile in B Minor (Arr. K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra) 06:10
• Adam Palma: Grandma (Orch. K. Debski):
• 11 Grandma (Orch. K. Debski) 04:26
• Frédéric Chopin: Étude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12, B. 67 "Revolutionary" (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra):
• 12 Étude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12, B. 67 "Revolutionary" (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra) 03:26
• Jerzy Petersburski (1895 - 1979): The Last Sunday (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra):
• 13 The Last Sunday (Arr. A. Palma & K. Dębski for Guitar & Orchestra) 04:01
• Total Runtime 59:08

Info for Adam Palma: Second Life

Second Life' is the first-ever album featuring both acoustic guitar and string orchestra on each track. Acoustic guitarist Adam Palma is accompanied by one of the greatest European orchestras, The Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio AMADEUS, led by famous conductor, Agnieszka Duczmal. This album is a very personal record, an intimate look at music and life from the perspective of a man who "regained" his life after waking from a long coma. Recovering gave Adam time to reflect, to review his own musical roots, and to view his life deeply from a new perspective. We hear the songs that the soloist grew up listening to: folk melodies, a scout song, a song belonging to the patriotic trend of music, known film themes, Chopin's compositions (never before performed on the guitar), and Adam's own compositions that show what he himself describes as his Polish soul. All the arrangements have been written by Adam Palma and orchestrated by the outstanding Polish film score composer Krzesimir Debski. On this album, classical music and jazz are intertwined. All this against a background of the characteristic harmony of Polish songs, combining the sound of acoustic guitar and string orchestra!

Adam Palma, acoustic guitar
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio
Agnieszka Duczmal, conductor

Adam Palma
first started playing the guitar in 1986. His formal music education started in Poland some years later and in 1999, he graduated from The Music Academy in Katowice, - Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music.

Adam has been working as a session guitarist since 1998 and has played with several of the best Polish jazz and pop musicians, singers, arrangers and composers, including some international artistes such as Tommy Emmanuel, Joscho Stephan, Martin Taylor, Gary Potter, Snake Davis, Chris de Burgh and Hamish Stuart (the Average White Band).

Influenced by a wide variety of musical styles from the rock of Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie van Halen, Doobie Brothers to the country of Albert Lee, Brent Mason, the acoustic guitar of Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, the jazz of Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Miles Davies - still loves to have AC/DC and Frank Sinatra songs together in his car’s CD player

His work and experience is vast and includes:

solo work and playing as a band member, performing throughout Europe, Canada and USA;
recording experience, including TV and radio shows.
responsibility for the guitar parts in Polish productions of “Grease”, “Cats” and “Dance of Vampires”.
organisation and delivery of Music Workshops across Poland, UK and USA.

Although Adam claims he is a rock guitarist, his skills are diverse, and include fingerstyle acoustic guitar.
After he had heard “The day of fingerpickers took over the world” by Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel in 2005, he began the journey of mastering this style. Recently his hard work was acknowledged by non less than the world famous Tommy Emmanuel, who has invited Adam to take part in the most prestigious guitar event in the world : The CAAS Chet Atkins Appreciation Society in Nashville in July 2009. A fantastic accolade for Adam and recognition from such a fingerstyle guitar master.

Having shared a living between Poland and UK since 2006, Adam is becoming firmly established as a brilliant guitar player, composer, arranger and teacher. His career will surely go from strength to strength.

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