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The last concert in the series "Time is love. In tribute to the Primate of the Millennium in the year of beatification", will take place at the Henryk Wieniawski Philharmonic in Lublin on 25 September 2020 at 7.00 p.m.

On 3 October 2019, Pope Francis approved a decree that opens the way to the beatification of the Primate of the Millennium. The ceremony was to take place in June this year, but due to the threat of the epidemic, the event was postponed to an unspecified date, so that many of the faithful from all over the world could join the celebration on the spot. The common experience of the Primate's beatification is currently continued in the spiritual dimension, through the art of music.

During the last cncert in the "Time is love" series, the Lublin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Jerzy Swoboda will present works by Tomas Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Thomas Emanuel Cornelius – the first organist of the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the main organ builder of Hamburg, who will also perform as a soloist, as well as Mieczysław Karłowicz's Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 2 and Wojciech Kilar's Orawa, a symphonic poem for string orchestra which reflects the musical traditions of the Podhale region.

More information: https://filharmonialubelska.pl/ 

The Silesian Chamber Orchestra and the Silesian Philharmonic Choir will open the 76th artistic season with a concert on 25 September 2020 at 7.00 p.m., featuring works by Polish composers of the 20th and 21st centuries as well as compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The programme of the concert will include two works of the same title – Three Pieces in Old Style for string orchestra written by the patron of the Silesian Philharmonic, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and by the deceased Krzysztof Penderecki.

The Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maciej Tomasiewicz, together with the outstanding soprano Bożena Bujnicka, will premiere Mikołaj Górecki's O dolce lume, a one-movement piece based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The work was created as part of the "Composing Commissions" programme carried out by the Institute of Music and Dance.

The inaugural concert will also feature three compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C major KV 162, Laudate Dominum omnes gentes from Vesperae solennes de Confessore KV 339 and Mass in C major KV 317. The artists of the Silesian Philharmonic Choir will perform solo parts: Agata Piękosz-Pierszalik (alto), Tomasz Dziwisz (tenor) and Michał Schoppa (bass).

More information at: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/ 

Polish Composers' Union – Warsaw Branch invites you to a concert in the series "Musical Seasons - Autumn", which will take place on 24 September 2020 at 5.00 p.m. at the PWM Edition office in Warsaw (8 Fredry St.).

Pianist Igor Torbicki, who specializes in contemporary music perfomance, will present pieces from the series Miniatures by Władysław Słowiński, Eclosion by Carlos E. Malcolm,Two Inscriptions for Witold Lutosławski by Jerzy Bauer, Etudes for piano by Artur Cieślak, and Hommage à J. S. Bach by Romuald Twardowski.

In addition, the pianist will premiere compositions by Paweł Kwapiński, Jan Oleszkowicz and Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska. Paweł Kwapiński's Espressioni is based on virtuoso techniques of playing the keyboard as well as inside the instrument. Thus, the work is a kind of synthesis of traditional and avant-garde virtuosity. Jan Oleszkowicz Genotypes cycle of miniatures for piano was written especially for the concert "Musical Seasons – Autumn". The sound material used in the miniatures is based on appropriately selected and processed scales and rhythmic permutations, creating specific sound "chains", characteristic for each of the miniatures. Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska's nAdAl was dedicated to the composer, improviser and pianist Ryszard Alzin (the title is a pun on the incipits of Anna and Alzin). The composition is about weaving... Shaping a narrative is making a digression on the margin of the "theme" (repetitive structure), and drawing consequences from this theme, migrating to other aesthetic regions.

Free admission (obligatory masks, limited number of places).

Co-financed from the funds of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage as part of the "Music" programme implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

The online broadcast of the concert will be available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/uce2h6r9a9okgrsu2fuem0rw 

MUSIC.DESIGN.FORM Festival returns to the Philharmonic in Szczecin. The third edition will run from 23 to 27 September 2020, focusing on the sounds around us and presenting musical and visual landscapes.

This year's edition of the MUSIC.DESIGN.FORM Festival is devoted to sound landscapes – soundscapes. Festival concerts, performed by the Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and broadcast online, will take listeners to the world of sounds inspired by nature or a journey through the urban jungle, mountain trails or an endless ocean. The festival will premiere the latest, nature-inspired music project by Hania Rani and Dobrawa Czocher. During the two-day workshop, young people will be introduced to the world of city sounds, from which their joint composition will be created. Its premiere will take place during an open-air concert.

There will also be exhibitions, a city walk, a DJ live set, an online sound installation and an effective illumination of the philharmonic building, which will again turn into a canvas intriguing with colorful visualization. Above all, the Festival will allow the audience to break away from everyday life and get to know fascinating soundscapes.

Full programme is available at: https://mdf.filharmonia.szczecin.pl/pl

The Art Deco Group Music Agency invites children aged 7-12 learning to play instruments to participate in the workshops "Don't be afraid to improvise!", which will be held online on 21-24 September 2020 (4.00 p.m. – 1st group, 5.30 p.m. – 2nd group). The classes will be conducted by composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński and actor and director of children’s plays Grzegorz Ociepka.

During the workshops, children will learn about contemporary music and methods of improvisation and they will take part in exercises and games that will help them absorb the knowledge more easily. In this project, it is very important to make music together and collaborate in a group, so children will participate in classes with their instruments and will actively improvise under the guidance of the teachers.

Each workshop cycle includes 4 online classes (approx. 45 minutes each) and 1 mini concert (approx. 40 minutes), presenting the effects of the work with participants. Two concerts of participants and their mentors will take place on 10 October at the Quality Studio in Warsaw and will be broadcast live on Facebook.

Participants are registered by their parents / guardians only via the form available at http://artdecogroup.eu/formularz-zgloszeniowy-nbsi-2020/. Please attach to the form a video file presenting the workshop participant performing any programme (max 5 MB).

Co-financed by the National Centre for Culture as part of the "Culture on the Web" programme.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://artdecogroup.eu/event/nie-boj-sie-improwizowac-z-iza-kowalewska-i-helena-matuszewska/