Maestro Jerzy Maksymiuk, who celebrated his 85th birthday this year, will conduct the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra during the concert on 6 November 2021 at 7.00 p.m. at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio.
During the concert, the audience will have a rare opportunity to admire the most accurate interpretation possible, as Jerzy Maksymiuk will conduct the performance of his own piece, Vers per archi (2014). This miniature charms listeners with delightful sounds of the string ensemble and astonishes with an extensive variety of emotions: its arch form begins and ends with episodes filled with lyricism and nostalgia, while the middle section, which is more lively, offers a dramatic, rhapsodic mood. The piece was inspired by the memory of Hanna Czaki, a girl scout and a heroic runner of the Home Army, murdered by the Germans in 1944. "She was incredibly heroic and exceptionally sensitive. That’s why my piece starts gently and then it nearly vanishes…" – the author commented.
Maurice Ravel's colourful, grand, and sophisticated Piano Concerto in G Major will be performed by Paweł Kowalski, one of the most versatile Polish musicians. The programme will also include a brilliant and incredibly expressive string sextet – Verklärte Nacht by Arnold Schönberg, premiered in 1902. The one-movement composition with a free structure resembling a symphonic poem refers to a poem by Richard Dehmel – a rough dialogue between lovers in the moonlight, during the "transfigured night".
Piotr Maculewicz
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
Ticket Information: www.sinfoniaiuventus.pl