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After analyzing the COVID-19 case data, the Council of Ministers developed a comprehensive plan and assumptions for the coming 100 days. The so-called responsibility stage will be in force from 28 November to 27 December 2020. A decision was made to further suspend the activities of the cultural institution.

The new solutions were discussed during the meetings of the Medical Council, the Economic Crisis Staff and the Government Crisis Management Team, as well as meetings with analysts and legislators of the Prime Minister's Office and the Government Legislation Center. As part of the work, three draft regulations on restrictions, orders and bans in connection with the state of the epidemic were prepared.

In accordance with the regulation of the Council of Ministers on the establishment of certain restrictions, orders and bans, until 27 December, entrepreneurs (within the meaning of the provisions of the Act of 6 March 2018 – Entrepreneurs' Law) and other entities conducting creative activity related to all collective forms of culture and entertainment are allowed to conduct certain activities without the participation of the public: 1) activities necessary to prepare artistic events, such as rehearsals and exercises; 2) phonographic and audiovisual recordings; 3) events transmitted by means of direct remote communication.

Until 27 December, a restriction on the activities of public and scientific libraries, cultural institutions and other entities operating on the basis of the provisions of the Act of 21 November 1996 on museums (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 902) shall be established, consisting in the prohibition of: 1) making the collections available to the public; 2) organisation of events with the participation of the public – with the exception of activities carried out by means of direct remote communication and making the collections available in a non-contact form, in compliance with the relevant sanitary requirements.

More information at: https://www.gov.pl/web/koronawirus/100-dni-solidarnosci-w-walce-z-covid-19 

Students of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław will present their latest compositions during an online concert on 25 November 2020 at 7.30 p.m.

The programme will feature solo and chamber pieces. New piano works will include the conceptual Impercerebrum by Zuzanna Klepacka, composed of six parts referring to the successive levels of organisation for living things, the atmospheric Ukłuć, zakołysać by Hubert Walkowski and The Last Lullaby and Colors of Autumn by Jakub Fornagel, based on the aesthetics of the beginning of the 20th century and on improvisation.

We will also hear accordion and guitar pieces. Magdalena Gorwa's solo traveler talks about life as a journey, while Alina Dzięcioł's Station 5 is based on the road concept and presents an intriguing combination of accordion and button portative sounds. The programme will also include Dawid Aleksy Dorożyński's November's rays of sun and Paulina Derska's music for the animation Inner Feeling, inspired by Japanese cinematography.

The concert will be streamed on the Wrocław Academy of Music's YouTube channel.

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The title of a debut album of Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, ReVIOLAtion, is far from coincidental and implies a "viola revolution". The disc released by Naxos Records will be out for sale from 27 November 2020.

To many music professionals and aficionados, the viola continues to occupy a lower position on the podium in a unique competition for the laurels of primacy among string instruments. Krzysztof Komendarek- Tymendorf goes out to prove (and does so most convincingly!) the viola to be a truly versatile medium. In that his efforts are in line with Prof. Piotr Reichert’s opinion that only a performance delivered by an excellent violist is distinguished by both the level of virtuosity typical of a violinist and the cello’s depth of sound. At the same time, the titular “revolution” refers to promoting a repertoire hitherto unknown to the general public.

In the case of the artist’s first solo album, the works worth mentioning in this respect are sonatas by Fyodor Druzhinin and Mieczysław Weinberg. The musician got to know them in-depth while preparing his doctoral dissertation. He was also the first in Poland to perform a recording of the above works (he is the author of their bowing and fingering arrangement). ReVIOLAtion should also be understood as reinterpretation of the program presented on the album. For Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf, it entails extremely important artistic freedom since he decodes each work individually through the prism of his own experience, which often results in an intriguing – sometimes controversial – interpretative concept. The repertoire chosen by the artist, including Capriccio “Hommage à Paganini” Op. 55 by the Belgian violin genius Henri Vieuxtemps, offers an excellent opportunity to present this interpretative vision and to show the full range of sound and technical capabilities of the instrument. The album could not lack a Polish accent, hence Grażyna Bacewicz’s Polish Caprice (1909–1969). The final piece on the album is a true virtuoso gem which requires the performer to overcome a number of technical problems while maintaining a dance-like, folk character in the neo-Classical spirit.

The word "ReVIOLAtion" lies close to "revelation", and a "revelation", paraphrasing the definitions of the term offered by the Oxford Dictionary of English, makes people witness something they have hitherto been unaware of, something extraordinary, secret or reverend. Undoubtedly, the repertoire on the album and its creative rendition by Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf meet these criteria.

Agnieszka Nowok-Zych (Translation by: Dominika Pieczka)

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre  POLMIC.

https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.551432 

The Henryk Wieniawski Music Society in Poznań invites you on 26 November 2020 at 8.00 p.m. to a unique online recital in the series "Wieniawski znów w Bazarze" [Wieniawski again in the Bazaar], featuring violinist Piotr Pławner, pianist Piotr Sałajczyk and the Silesian Quartet.

The patron of the Society performed many a time in Poznań with great artistic success. One of his favourite venues was the White Hall in the Poznań Bazaar, a historic building which is preserved today in a slighly different shape.

The concert in the Bazaar on 26 November will be performed by Piotr Pławner – winner (ex aequo) of the 10th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (1991), well-renowned pianist Piotr Sałajczyk and the excellent Silesian Quartet. The programme will refer to 19th-century recitals. We will hear rarely performed masterpieces of chamber music as well as pieces for violon solo, piano solo and string quartet. In the first part of the evening, Piotr Sałajczyk will perform two miniatures from the series Roses and Thorns, Op. 13 by Juliusz Zarębski, and Piotr Pławner will present solo caprices by Grażyna Bacewicz. The second part will be dedicated to Krzysztof Penderecki, who passed away on 29 March 2020. Members of the Silesian Quartet will commemorate this outstanding composer by performing his String Quartet No. 4.

More information at: https://www.wieniawski.pl/ 

Kwartludium, an ensemble specializing in contemporary music performance, will perform online as part of the "FINA na Ucho" series on 26 November 2020 at 8 p.m.

Kwartludium was formed in 2002 by Dagna Sadkowska (violin), Michał Górczyński (clarinet, bass clarinet), Paweł Nowicki (percussion), Piotr Nowicki (piano). The ensemble focuses on performing works of young composers active both in Poland and abroad created specifically for this unique instrumental combination. Kwartludium possesses in its artistic output dozens worldwide premiere performances on many prestigious festivals all over the world. Also contemporary improvised music plays an important role in the group’s activity.

The upcoming concert at the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA) will feature Kwartiuda for quartet by Piotr Jędrzejczyk, Multiple Image for chamber ensemble and ticking clocks by Tadeusz Wielecki, as well as works by Lothar Voigtländer, Peter Helmut and the latest piece by Helmut Zapf – Kwartludium (quattuor musici canunt) – written especially for the ensemble.

Live streaming will be available on the FINA's Facebook Page.

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