Jan Lisiecki, a prominent Canadian pianist with Polish roots (and a connection with Poznań) will be the main performer of the next Poznań Philharmonic’s Internet Concert held as part of the Stars of World Stages series on 14 May 2021 at 7 p.m. The event was entitled “Mozart Our Contemporary”, as during the concert we will listen to one of Mozart’s works, as well as a contemporary piece composed… in Mozart style.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major KV 482 in Vienna, which he called, in a letter to his father, the land of the piano. He began to compose the Concerto in E-flat major in November 1785, while simultaneously working on The Marriage of Figaro. He completed it on 16 December and the same evening he performed it… between the acts of the Ester oratorio by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf! It has been found in the notes of Leopold Mozart, father of Amadeus, that the listeners back then were particularly captivated by the second movement of the Concerto and that they regularly called for an encore.
After Mozart – Symphony in Mozart Style by Krzysztof Meyer – a unique example of a pastiche of Mozart style revealing how well the composer is able to handle various styles and techniques. The audience truly has an impression of listening to a work from the 18th century. Poznań music lovers who sat in the audience of the AMU Concert Hall on the 1 April 1977 were entirely sure that the piece was written by Mozart. Only the conductor Renard Czajkowski was aware of that April Fools’ Day joke (the concert even had a subheading: “April Fools’ Day”). Everybody else (even the musicians!) didn’t know the truth until it was revealed after the premiere performance. Could they fall for it? Listen and assess yourself…
More information: https://filharmoniapoznanska.pl/en/