Joanna Freszel (soprano) and Łukasz Chrzęszczyk (piano) will perform on 30 October 2020 at the Feliks Nowowiejski Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic in Olsztyn during a concert as part of the "Stage for Polish Music" programme of the Institute of Music and Dance.
A solo song with piano accompaniment, derived from the Romantic tradition, has always been a challenge for composers – how to do justice to poetic content, and at the same time entice the listener with their own original musical setting? During the next edition of "Stage for Polish Music", we will learn how the most outstanding Polish composers of the 20th century – Karol Szymanowski, Jerzy Lefeld, Grażyna Bacewicz, Szymon Laks and Zygmunt Mycielski – coped with this task.
Słopiewnie op. 46 bis is a series of five songs to the words of Julian Tuwin that marks a turn in Szymanowski's work towards inspiration by folklore and the broadly understood Slavic spirit. Folklore inspirations are also heard in his poignant Kurpie Songs. The Children's rhymes – charming and simple songs written to the words of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Szymanowski dedicated to the memory of his tragically dead niece, Alusia Bartosiewiczówna. The upcoming concert will be also a rare opportunity to listen to Eight Jewish folk songs (Huit chants populaires juifs) by Szymon Laks: violinist and then conductor of the camp orchestra in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
An excellent duo composed of soprano Joanna Fresszel and pianist Łukasz Chrzęszczyk will also present songs by Grażyna Bacewicz, Jerzy Lefeld and Zygmunt Mycielski.
More information at: https://filharmonia.olsztyn.pl/