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The Silesian Chamber Orchestra will inaugurate its artistic season on the 22nd of September, 2023, under the leadership of its director - violinist and conductor Piotr Pławner. The soloist of the concert will be Aleksandra Gajecka-Antosiewicz, who, together with the Silesian Philharmonic, will show the audience a harpsichord in both its contemporary and baroque versions, as well as the premiere of the Lark Concerto by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa. Flautist Magdalena Maliszewska will also perform.
The concert will begin with works by contemporary composers. It will be the Lark Concerto for amplified harpsichord and chamber orchestra by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, performed for the first time in history, written especially for the Silesian Philharmonic as part of the ‘Composer's Commissions’ programme and dedicated to the memory of the patron of the institution - Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. The second of them will be an interesting work with unusual instrumentation, i.e. Music for recorders, marimba, percussion and string instruments by Krzysztof Penderecki.
The programme will also include works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Production of the concert in co-operation with the Polish Music Publishing House as part of the TUTTI.pl project promoting the performance of Polish music.