The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra will perform at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw 
on November 28 at 7:00 pm, led by Michał Maciaszczyk - a conductor and violinist who resides in Vienna. The concert will feature Anton Webern’s Passacaglia, Op. 1 and Richard Strauss’s A Hero’s Life, Op. 40.
Anton Webern’s orchestral Passacaglia comes from the first opus of Austrian composer. Though composed in 1908, the work still adheres to tonal system. The influence of Arnold Schönberg (Webern’s teacher) can be heard, nevertheless, it contains many original stylistic characteristics.
Richard Strauss achieved fame as a brilliant composer, particularly of tone poems, a genre he brought to perfection. Such works as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Don Quixote are masterpieces of orchestral music. One of his great tone poems, though performed somewhat less often than those above, is A Hero’s Life, Op. 40, composed in 1898. The work metaphorically recounts the key moments in the life of the titular hero. The orchestral poem portrays the hero, his adversaries, his companions, the battle and, at the end, the hero’s parting with the world.
Tickets available at: www.eBilet.pl, sklep.polskieradio.pl, and an hour prior to the concert.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
on November 28 at 7:00 pm, led by Michał Maciaszczyk - a conductor and violinist who resides in Vienna. The concert will feature Anton Webern’s Passacaglia, Op. 1 and Richard Strauss’s A Hero’s Life, Op. 40. Anton Webern’s orchestral Passacaglia comes from the first opus of Austrian composer. Though composed in 1908, the work still adheres to tonal system. The influence of Arnold Schönberg (Webern’s teacher) can be heard, nevertheless, it contains many original stylistic characteristics.
Richard Strauss achieved fame as a brilliant composer, particularly of tone poems, a genre he brought to perfection. Such works as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Don Quixote are masterpieces of orchestral music. One of his great tone poems, though performed somewhat less often than those above, is A Hero’s Life, Op. 40, composed in 1898. The work metaphorically recounts the key moments in the life of the titular hero. The orchestral poem portrays the hero, his adversaries, his companions, the battle and, at the end, the hero’s parting with the world.
Tickets available at: www.eBilet.pl, sklep.polskieradio.pl, and an hour prior to the concert.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
