Sinfonia Varsovia String Quintet makes its phonographic debut in contemporary music repertoire. The album will be released on 6 December 2019! The ensemble will perform most of the recorded works on 13 December at 7 p.m. at the New Theatre during the concert entitled "Orpheus among shadows".
Exploration of sound spaces and memory – coded in individual and collective musical consciousness – are two main themes interlocking in the concert repertoire. The spectral and partly heterophonic Umbrae by Andrzej Kwieciński, written by the composer at the age of 20, create a fascinating sphere of microtonally glistening shadows, seducing simultaneously with ecstatic rhythmic obsessiveness. Quintetto per archi by Krzysztof Penderecki, a transcript of his String Quartet No. 3, is the composer's aural diary, recollections of Hutsul melodies of his childhood, played on a violin by his father who came from Rohatyn. Motifs taken from musical traditions are also the basis of the Five Folk Melodies by Witold Lutosławski and Votive by Roxanna Panufnik, with a Sephardic melody of prayer Kol nidre, written to commemorate Pamela Majaro – British pianist, sculptor and photographer. The repertoire will also include String Quintet No. 2 by Jan Duszyński.
After the concert, there will be a meeting with the artists combined with the promotion of the Sinfonia Varsovia String Quintet (Adam Siebers – violin, Kamil Staniczek – violin, Katarzyna Budnik – viola, Marcel Markowski – cello, Michał Sobuś – double bass) phonographic debut.
More information at: www.sinfoniavarsovia.org