Polish Chamber Choir under the direction of Jan Łukaszewski will perform poetry-inspired choral works on October 29, 2016 at the Artus Court in Gdańsk.
The programme includes compositions by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Ernst Pepping, Eric Whitacre, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, David Wikander, Edward Pałłasz and Krzesimir Dębski, written to the words.by such authors as Sappho, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, William Shakespeare, Gustaf Fróding, Jan Kochanowski, Wisława Szymborska, and others.
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PROGRAMME
Ēriks Ešenvalds (*1977), lyr. Sara Teasdale
- Stars
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968), lyr. Sappho
- Il giardino del Afrodite
- Piena sforgeva la luna
(from the cycle Due Compozizioni Corali)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), lyr. Charles D’Orleanes
- Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder! (from the cycle Trois Chansons)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), lyr. Maurice Ravel
- Nicolette (from the cycle Trois Chansons)
Ernst Pepping (1901-1981), lyr. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
- Die Nachtigal
Eric Whitacre (*1970), lyr. Charles Anthony Silvestri
- Sleep
David Wikander (1884-1955), lyr. Gustaf Fróding
- Kung Liljekonvalie
Edward Pałłasz (*1936), lyr. Osip Mandelsztam
- Zima
- Ja skażu tiebje
Krzesimir Dębski (*1953), lyr. Wisława Szymborska
- Altruitki
- Rajzefiberki i inne