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"Vive la Gioacchino Rossini!" – under this slogan two spring concerts of the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra will take place on March 24 and April 28, 2019 in the Concert Hall of the Elbląg City Hall.

Although Gioacchino Rossini is known primarily as the author of operas, his sonatas are no less worthy of interest. Elbląg Chamber Orchestra along with conductor and violinist Jan Stanienda will perform two special concerts of Rossini's sonatas for the Elbląg music lovers. The programme of the eveniengs will be complemented by chamber music of Mieczysław Karłowicz, Feliks Janiewicz, Edward Elgar, and Andrzej Panufnik. The concerts will be hosted by Jarosław Praszczałek.

The concert is held under patronage of the PWM Editions as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting the performances of Polish music.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.eok.elblag.eu/pl/news/dwa-akty-sonatowej-maestrii 

It was 35 years ago that one of the most famous violinists of the 20th century – Yehudi Menuhin – visited Poland for the first time. His visit inspired the formation of the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, currently considered to be one of the best orchestras in Poland. To celebrate its anniversary, please join Sinfonia Varsovia in Teatr Wielki – the National Opera in a festive birthday concert on 23 March 2019.

The repertoire of the concert on the occasion of the ensemble’s 35th anniversary of its formation relates to the most important persons and events in Sinfonia Varsovia’s history. The concert opens with Sinfonietta per archi, composed by Krzysztof Penderecki, Sinfonia Varsovia’s artistic director. The work bears a special dedication to the Orchestra. Its inclusion in the evening’s programme is a reference to the Polish Chamber Orchestra, which was the cornerstone to Sinfonia Varsovia’s formation. Next in the programme is the overture to Gioacchino Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri – a work the ensemble performed many times under Menuhin’s direction. Directing this work will be French harpsichordist and conductor Hervé Niquet, who will also conduct the work to follow – Paul Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. French music and cooperation with French artists occupies a significant position in the Orchestra’s repertoire. Sinfonia Varsovia has been a continuous presence at major music festivals in France, including La Folle Journée and the La Roque d'Anthéron Piano Festival for more than 20 years.

After the intermission, young American conductor Roderick Cox will take up the podium. Cox is last year’s laureate of the prestigious Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award, awarded by the American Solti Foundation. Cox will conduct classic works of American music – 2nd Essay for Orchestra Op. 17 by Samuel Barber and Symphonic Dances from Leonard Bernstein’s musical West Side Story. Then, we will hear Serge Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 Op. 25 in D major “Classical”. One of Sinfonia Varsovia’s favourite works, it will be conducted by the much respected Marzena Diakun, laureate of, among others, the Polityka weekly’s Passport award. She will also direct the last work in the programme of the concert – Wojciech Kilar’s Krzesany.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: www.sinfoniavarsovia.org 

A symphony concert on the occasion of the 110th death anniversary of Zygmunt Noskowski and the 150th birth anniversary of Albert Roussel will take place on March 22, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kraków Philharmonic.

The concert will begin with The Steppe by Zygmunt Noskowski – the first Polish symphonic poem, expressively depicting events at the Ukrainian steppes in the 17th century described in Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy. The work will be performed by the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Charles Olivieri-Munroe, the artistic director and main conductor of the Cracow Philharmonic from the 2015/2016 season.

Next, we will listen to the brilliant Piano Concerto in G major by Maurice Ravel with the solo part performed by Charles Richard-Hamelin – one of the most promising contemporary Canadian pianists, winner of the second prize and Krystian Zimerman award for the best sonata performance at the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2015. The evening will end with Albert Roussel's impressionist Symphony No. 3.

More information at: http://www.filharmonia.krakow.pl/Home/7878-SYMPHONIC_CONCERT.html

An outstanding pianist, soloist and chamber musician Piotr Sałajczyk will perform together with the Lublin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Przemysław Neumann on March 22, 2019 at 7.00 p.m. in the Lublin Philharmonic.

The programme of the concert will include Modest Mussorgsky's piano miniatures from the series Pictures at an Exhibition in the orchestration by Maurice Ravel and Piano Concerto, Op. 46 by Krzysztof Meyer. The latter was a student of Nadia Boulanger, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Witold Lutosławski. As one of the representatives of the 20th century Polish musical avant-garde, he made his debut at the Warsaw Autumn Festival at the age of 22 – as the youngest composer in the history of the festival. Many of his works have classical titles, suggesting the use of a traditional forms, but their internal structure and sound language are a manifestation of a fully conscious, individual use of a modern compositional techniques.

More information at: http://filharmonialubelska.pl/pl,0,s257,d480,koncert_symfoniczny.html 

The piano quintets of Grażyna Bacewicz and Johannes Brahms will fill the programme of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra chamber concert, which will take place on March 21, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice.

In Grażyna Bacewicz's catalog of works, there are two piano quintets: from 1952 and 1965. The first one belongs to the neoclassical period, in which the composer referred to traditional forms, folk stylizations, expressive themes, transparent texture, and clear narrative. Less known is the Second Piano Quintet, commissioned by Władysław Szpilman for the Warsaw Quintet. Its texture and form is more complex, harmonic language is more radicalised, and it pertains to the sonoristic style. Piano Quintet in F minor by Johannes Brahms was created on the basis of Sonata for two pianos (op. 34b). Brahms probably wrote it for Klara Schumann as a future performer. It is one of the most popular piano quintets in the history of this genre.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Information on tickets at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1335/nospr-kameralnie