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Od 20 do 23 października 2016 roku potrwa 2. Edycja Gdańskiego Międzynarodowego Festiwalu Sakralnego MUNDUS CANTAT. Koncerty oraz przesłuchania odbędą się w gdańskich kościołach. Organizatorzy zaplanowali również niespodziankę dla słuchaczy – Noc Chórów!

W programie Festiwalu znajdą się koncerty na wysokim poziomie wykonawczym z udziałem chórów m.in. z Mińska, Białej Podlaskiej i Wejherowa. Przesłuchania konkursowe odbędą się w Kościele pw. Matki Bożej Fatimskiej na gdańskiej Żabiance. Zespoły będą oceniane przez profesjonalne jury w składzie: prof. Anna Fiebig, dr hab. Beata Wróblewska, prof. Waldemar Górski z Akademii Muzycznej w Gdańsku oraz prof. Wiesław Delimat z Uniwersytetu Papieskiego w Krakowie, a walczyć będą o Grand Prix, nagrodę Prezydenta Miasta Gdańska oraz o statuetkę UBI Leones. 21 października chóry festiwalowe wyśpiewają NOC CHÓRÓW w kościołach gdańskiej Żabianki w hołdzie Janowi Pawłowi II, Wielkiemu Polakowi. Koncert Finałowy, na którym poznamy laureatów festiwalu, odbędzie się 22 października w Archikatedrze Oliwskiej. Obok laureatów Trójmiejskiej publiczności zaprezentuje się gość festiwalu - Chór Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego Non Serio.

Hasłem tegorocznego festiwalu są słowa „Niech połączy nas melodia modlitwy”. Połączone chóry MUNDUS CANTAT GDAŃSK we wspaniałych wnętrzach gdańskich kościołów zaśpiewają utwór skomponowany specjalnie na tę okazję przez młodą, utalentowaną kompozytorkę z Wejherowa Annę Rocławską - Pieśń na cześć Jana Pawła II. Wydarzenie będzie wyrazem hołdu naszemu wielkiemu Polakowi Ojcu Świętemu Janowi Pawłowi II, który był strażnikiem pokoju na świecie.

Festiwal odbędzie się pod patronatem Metropolity Gdańskiego Jego Ekscelencji ks. Abp Sławoja Leszka Głódzia.

Patronat medialny nad wydarzeniem objęło Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC.

Szczegółowe informacje - na stronie: munduscantat.pl

The beginning of new academic year 2016/17 was marked with ceremonies granting the title of doctor honoris causa to Teresa Żylis-Gara, Mieczysław Tomaszewski and Krzysztof Penderecki.

The title of doctor honoris causa is the highest academic degree applied by universities to honour distinguished persons who have especially contributed to the progress of a certain field or science. This year, the title was received by soprano and teacher Teresa Żylis-Gara (granted by the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź), musicologist and researcher Mieczysław Tomaszewski (granted by the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław) and composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki (granted by the Catholic University of Lublin).

For the first time in the history, the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition enables listeners to follow the event live via mobile application.

Users are given access to all competition performances and may watch them in full HD on smartphones (iOS and Android), smart TV or internet browsers. The application includes also an updated schedule of auditions and information on the jury, participants, accompanying pianists and orchestras, as well as the awards. It also helps tracing the history of the Competition, which was first organized in 1935.

Available in Polish and English, the "Wieniawski" application can be downloaded free of charge. Its technological structure was granted by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute which developed its own application last year on the occasion of the 17th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition. The project to stream the Competition performances is a joint collaboration between the Polish Radio, TVP Kultura and the National Audiovisual Institute.

The Competition is co-organized by the Institute of Music and Dance.

The Bolshoi Ballet returns to cinemas with 7 ballets including 4 live satellite broadcasts from Moscow and 3 recorded shows.

The Bolshoi Ballet is about to open its 241st season. One of the oldest and largest ballet companies in the world, it is renowned for its unique style characterized by true virtuosity and incredible stage presence, and it celebrates an illustrious history with legends such as Galina Ulanova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Maya Plisetskaya, and Ekaterina Maximova. The Bolshoi Ballet was the first company to stage Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Minkus’ Don Quixote. Much of its legacy can be attributed to Yuri Grigorovitch who was the artistic director for more than 30 years and who will celebrate this season his 90th anniversary. The Yuri Grigorovitch festival is a main theme of this season hence a number of his creations will be shown in the framework of it.

Cooperation between the theatre and the company Pathé Live, which offers satellite transmissions of events, will bring live broadcasts from the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow to approximately 300 cinemas in 22 different countries. In Poland, it will be possible to watch the ballet transmissions in 24 cities. The complete list is available at: www.new.nazywowkinach.pl

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.

More information: www.filharmonia.pl