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The next concert as part of the 4th Mazovian Music Meetings Without Barriers will take place at the Łochów Palace on 31 October 2021 at 5.00 p.m.

This nineteenth-century palace belonged to the eminent Polish aristocratic families: Hornowski, Downarowicz, Zamoyski and Kurnatowski. One of the frequent visitors was Cyprian Kamil Norwid (the poet's grandmother, Anna Zdzieborska née Sobieska. and Józefa Hornowska were sisters), whose 200th birthday is celebrated this year. The violinist Maksymilian Grzesiak and pianist Iwona Dressesnik will perform in this picturesque place. We will hear works by Fryderyk Chopin, Karol Szymanowski and Arvo Pärt.

The "Czas Sztuki" Foundation was established in November 2017 and one of its main goals is to organise free artistic events for underprivileged people from small rural towns, who are excluded from participation in cultural life. This year, thanks to funding from the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, the "Mazovian Music Meetings without Barriers" are held for the fourth time.

Admission is free! Co-financed by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport from the Culture Promotion Fund. Sponsored by the PZU Foundation.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

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The Extraordinary Concert "Bach – Kilar" will be held on 31 October 2021 at 8.00 p.m. at the Warsaw Philharmonic. The works of these genius composers will be performed by the artists of the Philharmonic, as well as Krzysztof Jakowicz and Jakub Jakowicz. Master father and son at one concert is a "real treat" for music lovers!

The first part of the concert will feature Johann Sebastian Bach's most famous and popular violin works: Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041, Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 and Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043. The soloists will be accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of the Warsaw Philharmonic under the direction of Jan Lewtak.

In the second part, the artists invite listeners to the world of Wojciech Kilar's beautiful music performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and soloists: Maria Lewicka (flute), Piotr Lis (oboe), Grzegorz Wołczański (clarinet) and Danuta Kojro-Pawulska (harpsichord, piano). The artists will present music from the films From a Far Country, Pan Tadeusz, The Shadow Line, At Full Gallop, Chronicle of Amorous Accidents, The Pianist, The Połaniecki Family, The Leper, The Promised Land, and Jealousy and Medicine.

The concert will be hosted by well-known radio journalist Paweł Sztompke.

Tickets: https://bit.ly/3v0XzBp 

It is common knowledge that birthday is best celebrated in a circle of friends. Krzysztof Baculewski will celebrate his 70th birthday on 30 October 2021 at 6.00 p.m. with Camerata Silesia, an ensemble he has been collaborating with for nearly three decades now.

Baculewski joins the achievements of contemporary musical language with a tradition established by great masters. Therefore, it is difficult to imagine more suitable interpreters of his works than the Silesian singers who are equally skilled in performing music from various eras, from the Renaissance to the present time. Except Nox ultima, nox beata, all the pieces in the programme were composed with Camerata in mind, while The Profane Anthem to Anne, blending the qualities of timbre with the spirit of Henry Purcell’s baroque, was the beginning of the composer and Anna Szostak’s joint artistic way. We are also going to enjoy the concert premiere of Glosa – a sonoristic (compliant with the title) commentary on art and the surrounding reality, which premiered virtually in 2020.

The concert will also feature the premiere of Krzysztof Baculewski’s latest composition L'ordre règne à Varsovie for soloists quartet, 8-voice mixed choir and string quintet. "'L'ordre règne à Varsovie' – is a visual commentary on the statements of the French foreign minister Horace Sébastiani, published in the daily 'Le Moniteur' by the famous nineteenth-century graphic artist, illustrator and caricaturist Grandville in September 1831,"  writes the composer about the sources of his inspiration. "Anyway – this sentence can be ironically applied to many other situations, both historical and present. Grandville's lithography in combination with Julian Tuwim's morality play create a pair of intellectual tools for viewing reality, to which the undersigned allowed himself to add music. On 21 October 2021, 190 years have passed since the fall of the November Uprising."

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Tickets: https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/camerata-silesia-baculewski-koncert-z-okazji-70-rocznicy-uro 

The fundamental mission of the Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra is to promote Polish historical and contemporary music. The ensemble finds great joy and satisfaction in participating in first performances of musical pieces. The concert on 30 October 2021 at 7.00 p.m. at the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw will be one of those exciting occasions: it will feature the first performance of a piece by Hanna Kulenty, created under the “Composition Commissions” programme implemented by the Institute of Music and Dance.

Hanna Kulenty is one of the most interesting personalities of Polish contemporary music scene. The composer’s extensive and varied output includes compositions for solo instruments, emphasizing their potential to “manifest reality and unreality”, with soloists usually accompanied by a large orchestra. Alinea refers to the concert’s concept, but in this case the genre is merely conventional and fluid, serving the music- and experience-related layer. The piece consists of one part, built on a dialogue between melodic lines of a clarinet and a piano, which are accompanied by a large orchestra. The main pseudotonal theme, clearly heard in the solo parts, is a dialogue between two worlds. The soloist of this extremely attractive premiere will be Roman Widaszek, a charismatic and versatile clarinet virtuoso with an impressive number of concerts and recordings in his portfolio.

Apart from the awaited premiere of the new piece, we will also hear two other attractive compositions: Jean Sibelius' concert suite Pelléas et Mélisande (1894) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Italian-styled Symphony No. 32 in G Major. The concert will be conducted by George Tchitchinadze – one of the most popular Georgian musicians, who has won great acclaim of audiences and critics due to his impressive musical skills, taste, imagination and, at the same time, the warmth and sensitivity in his interaction with listeners and musicians.

First part of the concert (Mozart, Kulenty) will be broadcast on YouTube channel and www.sinfoniaiuventus.pl. 

Free entrance tickets will be available until 22 October. The number of seats is limited.

Piotr Maculewicz

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Detailed information: www.sinfoniaiuventus.pl 

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Polish Saint Maximilian Kolbe. To commemorate this occasion, Polish Chamber Choir, Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra and soloists conducted by Jan Łukaszewski will perform Paweł Łukaszewski's Requiem on 30 October 2021 at 7.30 p.m. in the Franciscan Fathers Church in Gdynia.

The concert will take place at the St. Anthony's Chapel, which is the foundation of the present church, and which was personally consecrated by the future saint in May 1937. The concert under the patronage of Tadeusz Wojda, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gdańsk, will be held thanks to the cooperation with the Franciscan Order and the support from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the authorities of Gdańsk and Gdynia.

The figure of Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe is known in Poland, but also in the world, for the heroic deed that the Franciscan undertook in 1941. He volunteered to die in place of a fellow prisoner Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz. When he decided to go to death, he said, "I want to encourage others to live." He became the first Pole to be canonized after World War II.

Requiem (Latin for "rest") is a musical setting of the mass performed on All Souls' Day and during mourning ceremonies. On the eve of the celebration of All Saints' Day, Paweł Łukaszewski's Requiem will be presented by world-famous Polish ensembles and soloists: Italian soprano Roberta Mameli and Polish baritone Adam Krużel.

Admission is free!

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport from the Culture Promotion Fund as part of the "Music" programme, carried out by the National Institute of Music and Dance.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information: https://www.polskichorkameralny.pl/pl/