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World Premiere of Paweł Łukaszewski"s Symphony III, "Symphony of Angels" in Riga
2012-08-31
On August 28 in St. Peter’s Church, Riga, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and the National Choir of Latvia gained an unusually warm reception from the public for the premiere of Paweł Łukaszewski’s Symphony III.Jan Ekier's Birthday
2012-08-29
Today prof. Jan Ekier, pianist, composer, editor of National Edition of Works of Fryderyk Chopin, celebrates his 99. birthday.Mykietyn's Król Lear at Sacrum Profanum
2012-08-28
At the inauguration of this year's Sacrum Profanum festival we will hear King Lear, the latest work of one of Poland’s most original composers, Paweł Mykietyn.Łukaszewski's Via Crucis at Wratislavia Cantans
2012-08-28
On September 5 at 7pm in the Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Wrocław we will hear Paweł Łukaszewski’s "Via crucis". This is one of the elements of the programme of the 47th Wratislavia Cantans International Festival starting on September 1.Paweł Łukaszewski's 3rd Symphony - "Symphony of Angels" - World Premiere in Riga
2012-08-28
On 28 August the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and Latvija State Choir will premiere Paweł Łukaszewski’s latest symphony during the 15th International Festival of Sacred Music.Arias from the Operetta ";Lottery for Husbands" in Austria
2012-08-16
Soprano Lavinia Dames performed two arias from Karol Szymanowski’s operetta "Lottery for Husbands" on 20 July in Ossiach as part of the Carinthischer Sommer festival accompanied by the Junge Philharmonie Wien.Sacrum Non Profanum Trzęsacz 2012
2012-08-13
Today the 7th edition of the Sacrum Non Profanum International Music Festival, dedicated to the work of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, will start.Most popular:
The theme of Krzysztof Knittel’s work is refuge and the uncertainty and anxiety about the unknown associated with it, as well as the other side of this topic, i.e. the need to provide help and shelter. The text of the oratorio is based on a poem by Tadeusz Sławek. The piece features singing, recitations, choral parts and improvisations based on the traditions of the Middle East. The album was premiered on 15 March during the 11th Festival of Premieres in Katowice.
Musicologists commonly call it “Kras 52” – after the former reference number it was given in the Krasiński Library. It is the most valuable Polish source of medieval polyphonic music, which shaped the soundscape of the court of the first Jagiellons and Kraków at that time. The manuscript is gaining new life now, thanks to a performance edition by Agnieszka Budzińska-Bennett and Marc Lewon. “Krasiński Codex” has just been published by PWM Edition with the support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Frequent guest of the world’s most famous music venues (New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Royal Albert Hall and BBC Proms, Vienna’s Musikverein and Konzerthaus), in February 2021 Bomsori signed an exclusive contract with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label. As of this year, she also bears the honourable title of ambassador of Grażyna Bacewicz’s music, which she performs worldwide, promoting the legacy of Poland’s most important woman composer.
The 4CD album featuring songs and instrumental works by the Silesian master goes on sale as of 8 November. Released by the ANAKLASIS music label, it will be premiered on 3 December during a special PWM Edition concert held as part of the 12th International Days of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki at the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
The esteemed American-Canadian jazz musician Michael Bates, his Acrobat Ensemble and the Lutosławski Quartet will perform three concerts in Poland in November. The repertoire will include material recorded by the musicians on the album METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI, released by ANAKLASIS in the REVISIONS series.
The artists have already successfully presented it at Lincoln Center and Barbès Jazz Club in New York. In autumn 2024 we will have the opportunity to hear them live for the first time in Poland: 14.11 - Krakow, 15.11 - Lublin, 17.11 - Wroclaw.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invites to the inaugural session of the biennial International Digital Musicology Conference, which will be held 23–25 October 2024, at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The conference focuses on the integration of digital technologies into musicological research, with a special emphasis on introducing digital tools and methods to the Polish academic community, where digital musicology has not yet been widely adopted.
Although Ludomir Różycki - one of the most important representatives of Young Poland - enjoyed spectacular success as a composer during his lifetime, his works are rarely included in concert programmes today. It is therefore worth remembering his exceptional art.
Aleksander Nowak continues his original cycle of compositions that enter into a dialogue with most recent Polish literary works. The album premiere of his opera based on Marcin Wicha’s Nike-awarded book Things I Didn’t Throw Out will take place during the AUKSODRONE festival in Tychy.
Musical themes from Coppola’s cult movie, as deconstructed and reinterpreted by this wayward duo, will be performed at a live concert accompanied by the premiere of THEMES OF DRACULA from ANAKLASIS on vinyl records.
It’ s like a game. The memory game, thanks to which you can look at a very ordinary family from an extraordinary perspective. ALBUM RODZINNY [Family album] – an opera by Jerzy Kornowicz with a libretto by Michał Rusinek – is another premiere of the ANAKLASIS label this year. This time, the record brand is expanding its audience to include the youngest listeners. The album will be released on 21st June.
