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Concert inaugurating the NFM season of the Wrocław Philharmonic, on the 6^th of October, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. will be led by the world-famous conductor Pinchas Steinberg. The programme includes Witold Lutosławski's Little Suite, Stanisław Skrowaczewski's Triple Concerto, and the four-part symphonic poem Aus Italien by Richard Strauss.

This year we are celebrating the hundredth anniversary of birth of Stanisław Skrowaczewski, a legendary Polish conductor, but also a composer, and the European premiere of his Triple Concerto for violin, clarinet, piano and orchestra will be a remider of this fact. This work, completed in 1991, was first performed in Honolulu and conducted by the composer.

Violinist Bartłomiej Nizioł, clarinetist Krzysztof Grzybowski and pianist Piotr Sałajczyk will perform as soloists.

About the programme: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10127 

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Concert at the NOSPR premises on the 6^th of October, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. is organized around events related to the 70^th anniversary of death of Grzegorz Fitelberg, a composer who has been patron of the Orchestra's activities for years. We will hear his Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 16 performed by NOSPR and conducted by Alexander Humala. Before the concert at 6 p.m. in the NOSPR chamber hall there will be a screening of the film ‘Fulfillment. Sketches for the portrait of Grzegorz Fitelberg’ (2007) directed by Czesław Janicki.

Grzegorz Fitelberg was eager to arrange music all his life, reaching for works by Stanisław Moniuszko, Mieczysław Karłowicz and Karol Szymanowski. This evening we will listen to one of such arrangements - Nocturne and Tarantella Op. 28 originally written by Karol Szymanowski for violin and piano.

The programme will also include Variations in B flat major on ‘Là ci darem la mano’ by Fryderyk Chopin and Little Suite by Witold Lutosławski. Pianist Jakub Kuszlik will perform as a soloist.

Details: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/70-rocznica-smierci-grzegorza-fitelberga

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Wojciech Kilar’s music will be performed on the 26^th H.M. Górecki Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała, which will be held from the 5th to the 7th of October.

Performers will be: AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy conducted by Marek Moś with Piotr Sałajczyk as the pianist, Motion Trio, Leszek Możdżer and the Cracow Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by Adam Sztaba. The concerts will feature Kilar’s classical works, such as Orava, Chorale Prelude, Ricordanza and Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as creative reinterpretations of his works and film music from Dracula and the Promised Land. The concerts will be held at the Bielsko Cultural Centre.

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Works by two great Polish composers - Grażyna Bacewicz and Witold Lutosławski, and the brilliant Octet in E flat major by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in the concert programme are a recipe for a wonderful evening filled with the beautiful sound of string instruments. On the 5^th of October, 2023 at 7 p.m., eight extraordinary musicians will perform at the National Forum of Music.

They will perform Lutosławski's Silesian Melodies and Bacewicz Quartet, written for four violins. Music created with talented young people in mind will be combined with the String Octet by the sixteen-year-old Mendelssohn.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10235 

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The main idea of the concert of the NFM Choir, NFM Girls' Choir, NFM Boys' Choir and the ‘Rondo’ Vocal Ensemble on the 1^st of October, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. is the unifying power of singing. Recognized artists under the direction of Lionel Sowa will present works by ten composers, including the world premieres of Viderunt omnes fines terrae by Paweł Łukaszewski and Gloria by Michał Ziółkowski.

The first, premiere work is Viderunt omnes fines terrae by Paweł Łukaszewski for women's choir and organ or piano, commissioned by the National Forum of Music. The title translates as ‘All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.’ The organ part in this piece will be performed by Tomasz Głuchowski. The artists will also perform the world premiere of Gloria by Michał Ziółkowski, intended for three mixed choirs and two children's choirs.

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/10258