Katowice | Inauguration of the 76th artistic season of the Silesian Philharmonic

The Silesian Chamber Orchestra and the Silesian Philharmonic Choir will open the 76th artistic season with a concert on 25 September 2020 at 7.00 p.m., featuring works by Polish composers of the 20th and 21st centuries as well as compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The programme of the concert will include two works of the same title – Three Pieces in Old Style for string orchestra written by the patron of the Silesian Philharmonic, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and by the deceased Krzysztof Penderecki.

The Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maciej Tomasiewicz, together with the outstanding soprano Bożena Bujnicka, will premiere Mikołaj Górecki's O dolce lume, a one-movement piece based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The work was created as part of the "Composing Commissions" programme carried out by the Institute of Music and Dance.

The inaugural concert will also feature three compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in C major KV 162, Laudate Dominum omnes gentes from Vesperae solennes de Confessore KV 339 and Mass in C major KV 317. The artists of the Silesian Philharmonic Choir will perform solo parts: Agata Piękosz-Pierszalik (alto), Tomasz Dziwisz (tenor) and Michał Schoppa (bass).

More information at: https://filharmonia-slaska.eu/