10th edition of the festival "La folle journée" will take place on 27-29 September 2019, featuring 61 concerts under the theme "Carnets de Voyage". For the first time, the festival will be preceded by a Prelude (26 September) composed of four events at the concert hall of the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra.The programme will cover works inspired by distant voyages from the repertoire of classical, jazz, popular and traditional music.
Travels impressions – the main theme of this year's edition – will be presented in the form of musical postcards, even from the most remote corners of the world. Works inspired by long journeys have been written by composers over the centuries. At the festival, the audience will listen to compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Karol Szymanowski, George Gershwin, Astor Piazzolla, Wojciech Kilar and Herbie Hancock. The programme will also include works by contemporary Warsaw composers: Aldona Nawrocka and Aleksandra Kościów. There will be both symphonic concerts and events presenting opera, jazz, musical, film and traditional music.
Ticket sales will start on 2 September (Monday) at 9:00 a.m.
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