Henryk Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22 performed by Bomsori Kim and Wojciech Kilar's Krzesany will be featued in the programme of the next internet concert of the Poznań Philhamonic on Friday, 8 May 2020, at 7 p.m.
Both works were performed by the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Marek Pijarowski. The concert was held in the Konzerthaus Berlin on the 23rd of October 2018 and it was broadcast by national German radio program Deutschlandfunk Kultur.
Out of two violin concertos by Wieniawski (probably his best works) Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 22 is performed more frequently and regarded as more mature and more original. Krzesany by Wojciech Kilar, written in 1974, was a real breakthrough in his work, as his prior compositions were more avant-garde, mostly sonoristic. The word “krzesany” means a group of dance steps characteristic for highlander dances that includes striking one’s heels while jumping. Kilar was greatly inspired by the whole range of elements deriving from highlander folk music, thus after Krzesany he composed other pieces influenced by this region: Kościelec 1909, Grey Mist, and Orawa.
The concert will be broadcast at: www.filharmoniapoznanska.pl