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Kraków | New Year's Concert "Waltz Embarras"

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The audience and artists of the Krakow Opera will say goodbye to the old and welcome New Year with the concerts on 30, 31 December 2018 and 1 January 2019.

The evenings will be filled with Polish repertoire performed by the theater's artists: Katarzyna Oleś-Blacha, Iwona Socha, Paula Maciołek, Tomasz Kuk, Adam Szerszeń, Michał Kutnik and Jarosław Bielecki. They will be accompanied by Ballet, Choir and Orchestra of the Krakow Opera conducted by Tomasz Tokarczyk.

The programme of the concerts will include fragments from Stanisław Moniuszko's operas, including The Haunted Manor and Halka. We will also hear works of Fryderyk Chopin and Henryk Wieniawski, as well as film music of Wojciech Kilar and Michał Lorenc. New Year's Eve is a time of joy and fun, so there will be plenty of well-known songs from the repertoire of such stars and bands as Irena Santor, Irena Jarocka, Anna Jantar, Urszula Dudziak, Eugeniusz Bodo, Zbigniew Wodecki, Alibabki or Skaldowie. During the break, the Krakow Opera invites spectators to a glass of wine and refreshments.

More information at: https://www.opera.krakow.pl/pl/repertuar/spektakl/549/koncert-br-sylwestrowy-br-walc-embarras 

Bydgoszcz | New Year's Eve Concerts in Polish

LogoIgnacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz invites you to the "New Year's Eve Concerts in Polish", which will be held on 30 and 31 December 2018 (at 5:00 and 8:00 p.m.).

Well-known Polish melodies, like the spirited Moniuszko's Mazur or the dignified Kilar's Polonaise, seem to never become boring. The same applies to the pre-war songs of Henryk Wars, which were sung by the best singers of the time, such as Hanka Ordonówna, Eugeniusz Bodo, Mieczysław Fogg, or Robert Stolz. Also, good old hits from the silver screen, including the main theme from the movie Forgotten melody. These are just some of the musicial propositions which will constitute a programme of the "New Year's Concerts in Polish" at the Pomeranian Philharmonic.

The concerts will be performed by: Adam Zdunikowski – professor at the Bydgoszcz Academy of Music, a respected tenor regularly cooperating with foreign and Polish opera theaters; tenor Krzysztof Zimny ​​– a graduate of the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz; baritone David Roy – a student of Adam Zdunikowski; Weronika Bochat – actress and vocalist for years associated with the ROMA Theater, winner of many major awards at prestigious song festivals; Karol Drozd – musical actor who performs in Poland and abroad. The Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic will be led by Maestro Kai Bumann, artistic director of the Philharmonic since 2015.

Information on tickets at: http://www.filharmonia.bydgoszcz.pl/blog/wydarzenia/polski-sylwester/ 

André Rieu carnival concert in Polish cinemas from January 1st

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Starting 1 January 2019, a concert of André Rieu and his Johann Strauss orchestra recorded at the end of the year in Sydney will be broadcast in nearly 100 cinemas thanks to nazywowkinach.pl.

The popular violinist André Rieu is returning to cinemas around the world to present a special carnival concert, registered in Sydney Town Hall. The programme of the evening includes Christmas carols, pieces of classical and film music, as well as truly carnival hits from operettas and Viennese waltzes. The concert will feature sopranos and tenors cooperating with André and other special guests. As usual, viewers will have the opportunity to look behind the scenesa and absorbe the atmosphere of the event in Sydney.

The list of places in Poland where you can watch the broadcast is available here.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Christmas broadcast of "The Nutcracker" ballet from the Bolshoi Theatre

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Live HD broadcast of the Christmas ballet The Nutcracker from the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow will take place on December 23, 2018 in Polish cinemas. In Warsaw's Kino Praha, the broadcast will take place at 4.00 p.m.

On Christmas Eve, Marie’s Nutcracker doll magically transforms into a prince and their wonderful adventure begins. The holiday classic returns to the majestic Bolshoi stage for a live broadcast of a timeless story, The Nutcracker, taking audiences of all ages on a magical journey through a world of enchantment complete with dancing snowflakes and dolls that have come to life, accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s beloved score.

Libretto by Yuri Grigorovich after the fairy-tale of the same name by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,
ideas from the scenario by Marius Petipa used. Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich. Designer: Simon Virsaladze.
Music Director: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky. The performance has 1 intermission. Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes.

The list of cinemas in Poland, where you can watch broadcasts from the Bolshoi Theater, is available here.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.kinopraha.pl

Katowice | Christmas film music concert

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Three days before Christmas, on December 21, 2018 at 7.00 p.m., the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic invites you to a concert of Christmas film music.

The programme of the concert will be filled with Polish carols arranged by Jan Maklakiewicz for mixed choir and soprano solo. Also, we will hear Christmas movie music: compositions by outstanding John Williams for Kevin home alone, which has been included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most profitable comedy of all time, and music from the Polar Express – first animated full-length movie designed for viewing in IMAX theaters. The film was nominated for an Oscar in three categories, and won a Grammy Award for the best song (Believe by Alan Silvestri to lyrics by Glen Ballard, performed by Josh Groban). 

The Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir will be led by Maciej Sztor; the soprano Marcela Wierzbicka will perform as a soloist. The concert will be led by Regina Gowarzewska – manager of the Philharmonic concert office.

Information on tickets at: https://www.filharmonia-slaska.eu/koncert-15295765117082!3041.html 

Katowice | Polish Music Too Little Known

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The next concert from the cycle "Polish music too little known" will take place on December 20, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. the NOSPR chamber hall in Katowice. The programme will include compositions by Józef Świder and Grażyna Bacewicz.

Józef Świder (born in 1930) belonged to the generation of Penderecki, Górecki and Kilar, but in the years of the avant-garde sonorism he remained faithful to neoclassicism. He also never gave up on postromantic expression. He is usually associated with choir music, as he wrote about 300 compositions for vocal ensembles, but his output in other genres is also impressive – three operas, numerous oratorio and cantata works, and over 80 instrumental pieces, including many valuable pieces for wind instruments.

The programme of the Thursday concert will feature a seven-part Mini-Quintetto, composed – as if in defiance of avant-garde trends – tonally, with the classical rules of counterpoint and reference to various traditions and idioms. We will also hear the composer's Scherzo for flute and guitar, coming from the last period of his life, Andante for oboe and piano, an early work found after the composer's death, as well as Improvisation for clarinet and piano.

The repertoire will be complemented by Grażyna Bacewicz's Quintet for Wind Instruments, which was written during the postgraduate compositional studies at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris under the direction of prof. Nadia Boulanger. Bacewicz received for her work the first prize at the competition for composers of the Paris Society Aide aux femmes de professions libres. The concert will be performed by: Maria Grochowska (flute), Piotr Pyc (oboe), Roman Widaszek (clarinet), Marek Barański (bassoon), Mariusz Ziętek (French horn), Wanda Palacz (guitar), Eugeniusz Knapik (piano).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

More information at: http://www.nospr.org.pl/

Wrocław | Szymanowski's Heritage

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On December 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the Chamber Hall of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Aleksandra Szwejkowska-Belica (violin) and Cezary Sanecki (piano) will perform a concert entitled Szmanowski's Heritage.

Undoubtedly the leading Polish composer between Chopin and Lutosławski, Karol Szymanowski drew inspiration from a wide range of influences, which he later merged with his explorations of folk music from his native Poland. Together with writers and visual artists, Szymanowski was part of the Young Poland movement, which offended the conservative establishment. Szymanowski expressed his attitude toward “national characteristics” asserting, “Let our music be national in its Polish characteristics but not falter in striving to attain universality. Let it be national, but not provincial.”

Szymanowski's thought is reflected in the work of his successors, whose music will fill the programme of the December concert. We will hear: Stained-Glass Window, Mazovian Dance and Slavic Dance by Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish Suite by Szymon Laks, who emigrated to Paris in 1926, but repeatedly referred to Polish folklore, Polish Dance from the ballet The Song of the Earth by Roman Palester, who also emigrated to France, Three miniatures by Juliusz Łuciuk, and Pleiades and Oberek by Romuald Twardowski.

More information at: http://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/

Szczecin | Chamber concert: Beethoven, Ravel and Szymanowski

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A concert of Karłowicz Quartet will take place on December 19, 2018 at 7.00 p.m. at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin.

The Karłowicz Quartet is composed of the musicians of the Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra: Elżbieta Fabiszak (1st violin), Karolina Hyli (2nd violin), Magdalena Micke (viola) and Klara Świdrów (cello). During the concert they will perform string quartets from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century: Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No.1 in F Major. Op. 18, Maurice Ravel – String Quartet in F MajorKarol SzymanowskiString Quartet No. 2, Op. 56.

More information at: https://filharmonia.szczecin.pl/

Warsaw | Premiere of Piotr Wróbel's piece at the Warsaw Philharmonic

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A premiere of Piotr Wrobel's Short Fanfare Piece for Eight Trombones will take place on December 18, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. during the chamber concert at the National Philharmonic.

The piece will open the December concert, which programme will feature: Dance of Two Quartets by Dave Brubeck, fragments of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, and one of the most famous symphonies from the early nineteenth century, Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven. All the pieces will be presented in the arrangements for a trombone ensemble.

More information at: http://filharmonia.pl/koncerty-i-bilety/repertuar/koncert-kameralny46