The Poznań Philharmonic invites you to another online concert on 17 April 2020 at 7.00 p.m. This time the hero of the evening will be the recently deceased Krzysztof Penderecki. The concert entitled "The Master's Birthday" under the baton of the Maestro will be broadcast online.
Music lovers will have a chance to watch a recording of the concert performed by the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra and soloists – Fumiaki Miura (violin) and Julian Rachlin (viola), which took place on 23 November 2012 in the Poznań University Hall. It was broadcast by the Polish Radio Programme 2, which made this recording available to the next online concert of the Poznań Philharmonic.
The Poznań concert from almost eight years ago was unique for many reasons, although two were of particular importance. On 23 November 2012 Krzysztof Penderecki was celebrating his 79th birthday (hence the title of the evening). The composer suggested that the first Polish performance of his latest symphonic work – Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra should take place in Poznań a month after the world premiere in the Golden Hall of Musikverein in Vienna. In the capital of Austria, this piece was conducted by Mariss Jansons, and in Poznań – by the composer himself (in both performances the viola was played by Julian Rachlin, to whom the work was dedicated). In the second part of the concert Krzysztof Penderecki led one of his favorite symphonies – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven.
More information at: https://filharmoniapoznanska.pl/