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On the 9^th of June 2022 at 7.00 p.m. works by Polish, British and Czech composers will be performed at the National Forum of Music by the pianist Sophie Pacini and the Szymanowski Quartet.

Nocturne and Tarantella op. 28 by Karol Szymanowski is a work belonging to a lighter thread in the composer's oeuvre, originally intended for violin and piano. It is a pastiche of virtuoso pieces that were popular in the 19th century, stylized as gypsy and Italian music. Szymanowski created a work that combines opposites. On the one hand, there is a reference to popular pieces, not always of the highest caliber, on the other hand, these references do not stop the composer using a modern sonic language. As a result, an effective (and sometimes even showy!) work was created, full of humour and inventiveness.

Programme of the concert comprises also of String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 by Benjamin Britten and Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81 by Antonín Dvořák.

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The second concert in tribute to Karol Rathaus will take place on the 12^th of June, 2022 at 7.00 p.m. at the Galicia Jewish Museum, where some of composer’s works will be presented in Poland for the first time!

Karol Rathaus Ensemble premiered works such as Eine kleine Serenade, Op. 23 (1927), Mazurka (1941), Polish Polka (1941), Confused Intermezzo (Pole in Spain)/ Habanera and Mazurka (1941). The members of the Karol Rathaus Ensemble - Piotr Lato, Marcin Hałat, Aleksandra Hałat - and their guests: French horn player Paweł Cal, bassoon player Damian Lipień and trumpeter Piotr Nowak will perform.

The composer's path led from Tarnopol through Vienna, Berlin, London and Paris to the United States, which became his second homeland. He was an active member of American music organizations (including ISCM, American League of Composers from Austria, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), honorary vice-president of the Jewish Music World Center, he was also active in Polish organizations, including in the Music Committee of the Institute of Culture.

Admission free!

Additional information: https://galiciajewishmuseum.org/koncert-karol-rathaus-im-memoriam-2/ 

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The last concert of the 70th artistic season of the Opole Philharmonic on the 26^th of June, 2022 at 6.00 p.m. will be inaugurated by the premiere of the Jubilee Overture, commissioned from Aleksander Kościów to celebrate the Philharmonic's jubilee.

That evening, the Opole Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Przemysław Neumann will present foremostly Polish music.

The writer and composer Aleksander Kościów comes from Opole. Since 2016 he has been the vice-rector for student affairs and teaching at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. His novels are sometimes referred to as Polish magical realism.

We will hear two fantasies on opera themes. First by Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, who, a year after completing his only opera Monbar, returned to its motifs and weaved his original brilliant fantasy out of them. Music from Charles Gounod's Faust inspired Henryk Wieniawski, who created his Fantasy on themes from this opera.

The solo part in these pieces will be performed by Janusz Wawrowski.

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On the 17^th of June, 2022 at Participants of the NOSPR Academy and RSPO Academy under the direction of Anna Sułkowska-Migoń will perform at the NOSPR premises. The soloist of the concert will be pianist Tymoteusz Bies.

The concert in Katowice is preceding a concert on the 18^th of June, 2022 at 6.00 p.m. in the Konserthuset Stockholm concert hall as part of the NOSPR project ‘Institutions of the future - cooperation between NOSPR and Konserthuset Stockholm’, for which NOSPR obtained a grant as part of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage programme ‘Inspiring Culture’. The NOSPR Academy is supported by the Union of Artists and Performers STOART.

Talented young artists will present Little Requiem for a Certain Polka, Op. 66 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 by Fryderyk Chopin (in the chamber version), as well as A Walk By Heart by Britta Byström and Lyrisk fantasi by Lars-Erik Larsson.

The implementation of the NOSPR Academy scholarship and mentoring programme was co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Ticket information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/2-7 

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Antonina Jakubowska's Dance Theater invites you to the premiere of the performance entitled Lilies with music by Jan Gromski, choreographed by Antonina Jakubowska, created on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Adam Mickiewicz's Ballades and Romances. The event will take place on the 23^rd of June, 2022 at 9 p.m. in the picturesque scenery of the Czesław Miłosz Manor in Krasnogruda, on the border of Poland and Lithuania. Admission to the event is free!

In creating the ballad Lilies, Mickiewicz combined romantic idealism with the simplicity of a folk parable. This is also the case in the performance of Antonina Jakubowska and Jan Gromski. There will be references to the musical folklore of the Slavs, processed using specially created electronic sounds. Bogumił Wiśniewski's costumes will be inspired by nature and movement in nature, showing the transition between the real and mystical worlds. Choreography is an attempt to reconcile classical techniques with contemporary dance techniques.

Co-financed by the Government Programme ‘Ballady i romanse’ from the funds of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.

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On the 17^th of June, 2022 at 19.00 the Silesian Chamber Orchestra will end the artistic season - the 41st in the history of this ensemble of the Silesian Philharmonic. The concert, conducted by Maciej Tomasiewicz, will feature works by Wojciech Kilar, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Béla Bartók and Kazimierz Serocki. The pianist Piotr Sałajczyk will perform at the event.

The concert for piano and string orchestra by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was commissioned by the Polish Radio. The work was written for Elżbieta Chojnacka, thus it can be performed both on harpsichord and piano.

Sinfonietta for two string orchestras by Kazimierz Serocki, Wojciech Kilar's Piano Concerto No. 2, written in 2011 and Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta of Béla Bartók will also be performed during the concert.

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More: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/production/zakonczenie-sezonu-slaskiej-orkiestry-kameralnej-salajczyk-tomasiewicz/ 

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The NFM Wrocław Philharmonic ends its season on the 22^nd of June 2022 at 7 p.m. with a programme featuring the last piano concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in which the solo part will be performed by the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires. The last work tonight will be a masterpiece of Polish music of the early 20^th century by Karol Szymanowski. The orchestra will be conducted by its Artistic Director Giancarlo Guerrero.

Karol Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 3 'Song of the Night' was written at a time when the composer was vividly fascinated by the culture of Persia. This fascination was reflected both in the lavish, bold and sensual colours of the sound, as well as in his choice of the text. Szymanowski reached for a poem by the thirteenth-century Persian poet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Tadeusz Miciński

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The Summer Chamber Festival ‘Music in old Wrocław’ will take place between the 2^nd of July and 27^th of August, 2022. When great institutions are ‘dozing’ and the audience does not necessarily like rock or jazz, good chamber music is a great choice. Admission to the concerts is free!

The programme of this year's event enables the inhabitants of Wrocław and tourists visiting the capital of Lower Silesia to make a musical journey from the early baroque to the present day. The organizer - the Association of Artistic Initiatives ‘Mosty Kultury’ wants to refresh the tradition of music salons and thus make classical music more accessible. In the beautiful, carefully selected historical interiors of Wrocław, in the evening time, interesting and still little known chamber music literature will be presented at the highest artistic level, including works by Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, Karol Szymanowski, Jan Gall, Stanisław Niewiadomski, Wojciech Kilar, Andrzej Panufnik and Mieczysław Weinberg.

Detailed programme: http://mostykultury.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 19^th of June, 2022 at 6.00 p.m. at the premises of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, a concert on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of joining part of Upper Silesia to Poland will take place. José Maria Florêncio will conduct the orchestra while  pianist Piotr Sałajczyk will perform as soloist.

In June, one hundred years have passed since the entry of the Polish Army into Katowice. After three uprisings and a plebiscite, Poland officially took over the power in the part of Upper Silesia that had been assigned to it. On the 20^th of June, 1922, General Stanisław Szeptycki, at the head of his troops, entered the Katowice market square from the side of Szopienice, welcomed by the inhabitants and the authorities. The culmination of this symbolic event was the signing of the Act of Acquisition of Upper Silesia by the government of the Republic of Poland less than a month later, on the 16^th of July.

Katowice is celebrating this exceptional anniversary with a series of events that will culminate in a concert of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.

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More: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/koncert-z-okazji-100-lecia-przylaczenia-czesci-gornego-slask