On March 9, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Concert Hall in Katowice, the Silesian Quartet, Joanna Freszel and Paweł Wakarecy will present works by Mieczysław Weinberg and Ludomir Różycki.
Three Palms, Op. 120 (1977) by Mieczysław Weinberg is a cycle of songs for soprano and string quartet to the words of Mikhail Lermontov. In the poem of the romantic poet, palms growing in the Arabian Desert complain to God of their uselessness. This Romantic Weltschmerz found personal resonance in Wajnberg's work. The unusual combination of a soprano and string quartet is probably modeled on the Second String Quartet, Op. 10 (1908) by Arnold Schönberg.
Ludomir Różycki, a contemporary of Karol Szymanowski, also belonged to the "Young Poland" group. He socialized with the most prominent figures of artistic and philosophical bohemia of Polish Modernism, and his works were recognised not only in Poland: the opera Eros and Psyche (1916) was staged in theaters across Europe. His Piano quintet in C minor, Op. 35, written in the late Romantic style, combines German (Brahms, Reger) and French inspirations (Franck, Fauré).
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
Information on tickets at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/pl/koncerty/1404/kwartet-slaski-joanna-freszel-pawe-wakarecy-wajnberg-w-polsce