Olsztyn | Inauguration of the 75th artistic season of the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic

The inauguration of the 75th artistic season of the Warmian-Masurian Philharmonic will take place on 1 October 2020 at 7.00 p.m., featuring the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Piotr Sułkowski and the outstanding pianist Leszek Możdżer.

The concert will begin with the work of the Patron of the Philharmonic – Feliks Nowowiejski's Overture to the oratorio The Return of the Prodigal Son. The work captivates with its melodic richness, lush orchestration and late-romantic style, echoing the works of Berlioz and Wagner.

Leszek Możdżer, when asked about his interpretation of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki's Concerto for Harpsichord (or Piano), Op. 40 admitted that piano performance is much more physically strenuous. It would seem that a work that is just nine minutes long cannot present such difficulties to the soloist, yet as soon as we get carried away by its crazy, motor energy, we will understand and hear that the driving force of the work is the piano (or harpsichord, easier for the performer in terms of articulation), treated like a percussion instrument. The piece, commissioned by Polish Radio on the initiative of Andrzej Chłopecki, was written in 1980 and is dedicated to the outstanding harpsichordist Elżbieta Chojnacka.

This evening Leszek Możdżer will also perform the most famous (next to the Summertime lullaby from the opera Porgy & Bess) George Gershwin's piece – Rhapsody in Blue.

More information at: https://filharmonia.olsztyn.pl/koncert/inauguracja-75-sezonu-artystycznego-filharmonii-warminsko-mazurskiej/