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The orchestra conducted by Marta Gardolińska and the violinist Linus Roth as a soloist will present the Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8 by Mieczysław Karłowicz and Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 by Antonín Dvořák at the NOSPR Symphonic Morning on the 8^th of May 2022 at 12.00.

‘To Professor Stanisław Barcewicz as a token of his adoration and gratitude’ Karłowicz dedicated his Violin Concerto. The composer who died tragically in the Tatry mountains was initially educated to play the violin. Eventually however he bacame a composer. The concert was presented in Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw, each time provoking positive reactions from the audience and critics' opinions.

Dvořák did not dedicate Symphony No. 7 to Brahms, but he wrote it being deeply influenced by the Master's Symphony No. 3. He was afraid that the new work would not meet his expectations, which today seems unjustified, because by many it is considered the most perfect in the composer's oeuvre and appreciated for its subtle depth of expression, melodic richness, orchestration and perfect formal structure.

After the Łucja Siedlik's note.

Ticket information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/nospr-marta-gardolinska-linus-roth 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 8^th of May2022 at 6.00 p.m. at the National Forum of Music in Wrocław Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde will be performed by the Czech singer Magdalena Kožena. The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe will accompany the singer.

Philippe Herreweghe is celebrating his 75^th birthday on the 2^nd of May and will inaugurate his jubilee concert tour with a performance in Wrocław. He has been working in the field of baroque music for over forty years. He is an important figure of a revolution in the approach to early music.

Orchester des Champs-Élysées celebrates its 30^th anniversary this year. 

More: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/component/nfmcalendar/event/8886 

Media Patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 8^th of May 2022 at 4.30 p.m the Museum of the City of Łódź and The Karol Rathaus Foundation have the pleasure to invite you to a unique concert devoted to Karol Rathaus, a Polish émigré composer. ‘Karol Rathaus im Memoriam’ concert under the patronage of Hanna Zdanowska President of Łódź will take place in the beautiful Mirror Room at the seat of The Museum of the City of Łódź – The Izrael Poznański's Palace.

The performing artists will be the members of The Karol Rathaus Ensemble, whose mission is restoring the remembrance of the forgotten Polish composer: Piotr Lato, Marcin Hałat, Aleksandra Hałat and their guests – Tomasz Daroch and Roksana Wardenga. In the 1920s, Karol Rathaus was a representative of the avant-garde, in Berlin and Paris he worked for film production companies and in the USA – in Hollywood.

On the 8^th of May some of his works will be presented in Poland for the first time.

Additional information: https://muzeum-lodz.pl/event/w-holdzie-karolowi-rathausowi-koncert-z-cyklu-muzyka-lodzi/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

This year's Katowice Kultura Natura Festival includes not only concerts but also interactive ‘Musical Carriages’, which will appear on the square in front of the NOSPR premises on the 7^th of May. You can have fun with them every day until the 15^th May 2022.
‘Musical Carriages’ are interactive sound toys invented by Erwin Stache - musician, composer and electronics engineer. They resemble strollers but they are not used for transporting people, but for creating music, experimenting with sound and outdoor activities. Each carriage plays pieces for piano, marimba or other instruments, but it only plays when it is in motion. And the faster you push it, the faster the music speeds up. You can experiment by playing the pieces from behind, looping selected fragments or juxtaposing the sounds of several carriages.

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More information: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/podroze-muzyczna-dorozka 

Between the 6th and 28th of May 2022 Bydgoszcz will host the 10th jubilee edition of the International Festival of Contemporary Music 'New Music', organized by the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Branch of the Polish Composers' Union in Bydgoszcz, the Municipal Cultural Center in Bydgoszcz and the Department of Music Education of the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz.

The Festival will start with a concert entitled 'On the centenary of the birth of Kazimierz Serocki and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Franciszek Woźniak' at the Municipal Cultural Center in Bydgoszcz. Subsequent events - chamber concerts, a concert of Polish vocal lyrics and a concert "Bydgoszcz with Ukraine in the heart" - will take place in the Aula Copernicanum of the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz.
Rafał Tworek, Piotr Beciński, Marcin Kopczyński, Aleksandra Brejza, Sławomir Czarnecki, Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska, Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, Piotr A. Komorowski, Artur Kroschel and Marcin Gumiela will present their latest works.