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November is a special time in Polish tradition. A month of reflection and remembrance. It is in this atmosphere that a unique concert will take place on the 3^rd of November, 2023 at 7.00 p.m. at the Zielona Góra Philharmonic, during which an extraordinary work will be performed - Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki.

To this day, this work, whose theme is the suffering and longing of a mother and her child, is the Polish artist's musical showcase and his most frequently performed and recorded work. The recording of the Third Symphony was published on CD for the first time by Elektra Records. The performance of the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Zinman delighted the audience and critics. Górecki, and brought recognition, fame and recognition all over the world.

Symphony will be performed by the Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of Zielona Góra conducted by Rafał Jacek Delekta and soprano Monika Sendrowska.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

On the 30th of October, 2023 at 11:00 in the Sports and Culture Center in Garwolin and on the 4^th of November at 12:00 pm in the Municipal Cultural Center in Józefów, thanks to the Polish Contemporary Music Society, students of local schools will go on a journey to the world of opera. Admission is free!

The meeting will begin with a "musical lesson", during which composer Jarosław Siwiński and director of plays for children Grzegorz Ociepka will tell the youngsters about, among other things, what an opera is, how it is created and who is needed to admire it on stage. This introduction will be followed by a performance of the micro-opera Silent Fish.

Details: www.ptmw.art.pl 

On the 29^th of October, 2023, a concert at the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles will inaugurate the tour of the Cracow Duo: Kalinowski & Szlezer around the United States as part of the "Polish Music on Stage - US Edition" project. The project implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance is part of the "Inspiring Culture" programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

The project popularizes and promotes Polish music in the USA, and its strategic partners are the Polish Cultural Institute in New York and the Polish Music Center in Los Angeles.

The "Harp plus" concert of the Wroclaw Branch of the Polish Composers' Union, which will take place on the 30^th of October, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, will feature works for harp, violin and electronics.

The harp player Anna Scheller, violinist Adam Mokrus and composer Przemyslaw Scheller (electronics) will perform.

The programme will include compositions Insomnia by Grzegorz Pieniek for harp and violin, Tobmetzen by Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska for harp, violin and electronics, Omphalos by Grzegorz Wierzba for harp, violin and electronics, Memory Illusion by Tomasz Skweres for violin and harp and Koan II by Przemysław Scheller for violin and electronics.

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Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

A new work for two organs and orchestra - Wojciech Laskowski's Meditations will be performed for the first time on the 29^th of October, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cathedral Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sosnowiec. The composition, commissioned by the Maxime Association, will be premiered by organists Daniel Strządała and Jakub Plewa and the Maxime orchestra conducted by Andrzej Mandryka. Admission free.

The organ in the Sosnowiec Cathedral is unique: some of the organ pipes are located in the altar, and it is possible to play two parts of the cathedral instrument separately. Thanks to the concert and Laskowski's new composition, we will learn about the topophonic possibilities of the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Sosnowiec: the piece was intended to be performed in this place.

The all-encompassing sound of the organ and orchestra will be enriched by the recitation of Polish poetry.

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