A choral concert, the programme of which includes Songs by Witold Lutosławski, will be performed on March 12, 2017 at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław.
The choral works by composers from the UK, Ukraine, Belgium, Argentine and Poland will be presented by 2 choirs: National Forum of Music Boys’ Choir (dir. Magdalena Maj) and National Forum of Music Choir (dir. by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny). The concert will be opened with composition Balance Lost by Ana Gnjatović and concluded with Songs for children by Witold Lutosławski. The composer wrote 11 cycles of songs for children (49 songs in total) over a period of 12 years (1947-59), using either folk lyrics or lyrics by various authors, such as Julian Tuwim, Teofil Lenartowicz, Janina Osińska and Lucyna Krzemieniecka. Most of his songs were composed for voice/choir and piano or orchestra, have a verse-based form and are characterized by high musical quality despite their functional nature.
Tickets available on-line at: www.nfm.wroclaw.pl