Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC
On the 20th of June, 2022 at 7.00 p.m., on the day when we will celebrate the National Day of Silesian Uprisings for the first time, the Silesian Philharmonic will premiere the Silesian Poem - Korfanty - a word-music piece in five parts based on the texts of Wojciech Korfanty, written by Wacław Golonka, who will also perform on the organ.
Others musicians will be: Grażyna Jursza (flute), Marek Miś (clarinet), Szymon Gaudyn (trumpet), Leszek Salwa (French horn), Grzegorz Kurowski (trombone), Małgorzata Szymecka (drums) and actor Dariusz Niebudek. The concert will be combined with a film screening and the possibility of visiting the exhibition, made available by the Silesian Uprisings Museum in Świętochłowice.
The piece itself was created in 2021 as part of the scholarship of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship. It is based on the texts of Wojciech Korfanty, which deal with the subject of the independence of Silesia and its belonging to Poland.
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the ‘Culture - Interventions. Edition 2022’ prgramme of the National Centre for Culture Poland.
Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the ‘Culture - Interventions. Edition 2022’ prgramme of the National Centre for Culture Poland.
After a note of Marta Szybiak