The original programme of the Sinfonia Iuventus Carnival Concert on 22 February 2019, 7 p.m. at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of the Polish Radio in Warsaw, will delight every enthusiast of ambitious masterly symphonic music coming into interactions with the “lighter Muses”.
Leonard Bernstein was a master of such synthesis: he referred to his Candide as an operetta but this large work drawing from motifs of the Voltairian ironic and bitter tale combines traditions of many genres. They are announced by the grand overture, potpourri, played also as a standalone symphonic composition. West Side Story by the same author became a milestone in the history of musical. Admired on the Broadway stage, it earned the author his great popularity, particularly in the film version (1961). The daring dance scenes lived to see the author’s take in the form of the colourful orchestral suite.
John Williams is a true legend of film music. His soundtrack for Catch me if you can, the mischievous Steven Spielberg’s comedy from 2002, may be a slightly less known achievements of the author but it matches those most famous in terms of quality and beauty of musical ideals. Orchestral miniatures: Escapades with the saxophone solo (Paweł Gusnar in this part, one of the most valued Polish saxophonists of his generation) based on the film score is a charming and funny stylization of the film music of the 1960s, the time settings of the film. The vibraphone that used to be very popular at that time, with a pronounced part played by Dominik Bukowski, was its specific “hallmark”. The bravura saxophone is also the concertising hero of Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche suite (the character is a fanfaron soldier from the commedia dell’arte) composed in 1937 as part of music for The Flying Doctor comedy by Molière. Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez is a symphonic gem of Mexican music (imitating the Cuban dancing style), popularized as encore , played gladly by the famous Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. Wojciech Rodek, active on many stages in Poland and abroad, will stand behind the conductor’s console.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
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