La Prima Diva – Arie per Faustina Bordoni Bel canto arias by Giovanni Bononcini, Antonio Caldara, George Frideric Handel, Johann Adolf Hasse, Domenico Natale Sarro, and Pietro Torri Agata Bienkowska – mezzo, Ira Hochman – conductor, Barockwerk Hamburg Tactus TC670003 On this new album, Polish mezzo-soprano Agata Bienkowska explores the repertoire of Venetian mezzo-soprano Faustina…Continue Reading New Agata Bienkowska CD
Polish Cello Music Works by: Alexander Tansman, Henryk Hubertus Jabłoński, Krzysztof Meyer, Krzysztof Penderecki, Maciej Jabłoński, Olga Hans, Witold Lutosławski, Zbigniew Bujarski Performers: Anna Armatys, Michał Dąbek, Monika Gernot, Karolina Jaroszewska, Jan Kalinowski, Aleksandra Lelek, Marcin Mączyński, Marta Nagawiecka, Franciszek Pall, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska DUX 0925 Dedications | works for cello and piano Works by: Bartosz…Continue Reading New on DUX
Anna Maria Jopek & Makoto Ozone – Haiku Yoake / 夜明け; Hej Przeleciał Ptaszek / ヘイ・プシェレチャウ・プタシェック (小鳥の歌); Dolina /ドリナ (谷); Oberek / オベレック; Biel / ビェル (白); Do Jo Ji / 道成寺; O, Mój Rozmarynie / オー・ムイ・ロズマリーニェ (ローズマリー); Pandora / パンドラ; Dobro /ドブロ; Cyraneczka / ツィラネチュカ (小鴨); Kujawiak / クヤヴィアク; Yuugure / 夕暮れ Pawel Dobrowolski:…Continue Reading Jopek & Ozone – Haiku
A Review by Marek Żebrowski As the sun disappeared behind the western horizon on the evening of June 3, dark blue skies became the backdrop for the Fowler Museum amphitheater, where the audience gradually took their seats. Besides the piano, a large screen and several speakers were set up, with a lectern and a microphone…Continue Reading Stankiewicz At UCLA
A Report by Maja Trochimczyk On April 28-29 in the Paris Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), the Second International Conference “Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831) and her Times” took place. The conference was organized by Elisabeth Zapolska Chapelle, president of the Société Maria Szymanowska in Paris. Following the pattern created for the first Conference…Continue Reading Maria Szymanowska Conference In Paris
Born This Month June 1, 1909 – Maria DZIEWULSKA, composer and theoretician (d. 2006) June 4, 1845 – Aleksander POLIŃSKI, music historian (d. 1916) June 4, 1784 – Adam CZARNOCKI, music ethnographer (d. 1825) June 5, 1865 – Felicjan SZOPSKI, composer and music critic (d. 1939) June 6, 1929 – Bogusław SCHAEFFER, composer, writer June…Continue Reading Anniversaries June 2014
Roman’s Musical Pilgrimage Wojciech Maciejewski, brother of composer and pianist Roman Maciejewski (1910-1998), has been a faithful friend of the Polish Music Center and a frequent donor of scores and other materials pertaining to his older brother. Wojciech Maciejewski’s latest donation is a hardcover biography, RomanMaciejewski, authored by Marek Sołtysik and published by the Państwowy…Continue Reading Recent Donations To The PMC
William E. Thomson, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Thornton School of Music, sent us six rare photographs from Witold Lutosławski’s first visit to the Polish Music Center in 1985. Taken during a meal in an unspecified location, the pictures show Witold Lutosławski, his wife Danuta, and the founders of the Polish Music Center—Dr. Stefan…Continue Reading Rare Photos Of Lutosławski
Beloved Polish singer and friend of the PMC Anna Jurksztowicz has donated a copy of her recent contemplative exploration of ‘music of the soul’ from many different countries and traditions. The album Poza czasem – Muzyka duszy [Out of Time – Music of the Soul] is a result of her collaboration with Californian music…Continue Reading Music Of The Soul
On April 12, during the final concert of the 2014 Musica Polonica Nova festival, composer and vocalist Agata Zubel had declared the winner of the Polonica Nova prize for her 2010 composition entitled Not I for voice, instrumental ensemble and electronics with text of Samuel Beckett. The jury, chaired by Szymon Bywalec, found Agata Zubel’s…Continue Reading Zubel Wins Polonica Nova Prize