Maria Machowska and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under Jacek Kaspszyk will perform Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 35  by Karol Szymanowski and Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms on October 14 and 15, 2016 in Warsaw.

Karol Szymanowski wrote Violin Concerto No. 1 op. 35 in Zarudzie in 1916 and dedicated the work to violinist Paweł Kochański. It belongs to the group of first modern violin concertos which abandoned the tradition of the 19th century and the major-minor system in order to embrace a new language and expressiveness, as well as previously unknown form. The composition was premiered on November 1, 1922 in the Warsaw Philiharmonic by Józef Ozimiński under the baton of Emil Młynarski. It was 2 years later that the Concerto was performed by Paweł Kochański with Leopold Stokovsky in New York and later in other American cities.

The concerts at the Warsaw Philharmonic will also feature Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 by Johannes Brahms. It took the composer very long time to take up the challenge of composing a symphonic work. Sketches of the first of his four symphonies come from 1868. Premiered in 1876, it contains features typical for the composer’s style: his predilection for dark, vivid colours, nostalgia, quiet melancholy, and heroic-tragic moods.

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