Chicago, IL With a Polish population second only to that of Warsaw, Chicago is a city that revels in Polish holidays – and May 3rd Constitution Day is no exception! This year Chicago’s May 3rd Parade celebrating the Polish Constitution of 1791 will be held on Saturday, May 2 starting at 11.30 AM, with the…Continue Reading 3rd of May Celebrations
Marta Marciniak (PhD – University at Buffalo, SUNY), who previously presented a paper on Polish punk music and the politics during the PMC’s Sounds from Behind the Iron Curtain: Polish Music after World War II Conference in April 2013, is currently seeking funding to attend a new conference on the subject of “Oral History in…Continue Reading ‘Oral History in Central-Eastern Europe’ Conference Fund
Cinematic Piano Opening; A Letter to Mr. Desplat; The Temple; Fun in The Park; Prometheus; A Letter to Mr. Newman; Noir; The Wannabe Spy; The Island; The Thief in Persia; Song of Destiny; Find Your Neverland Aleksander Dębicz, piano Warner Classics Poland (May 1, 2015) Highlighting the brilliant pianistic fireworks of virtuoso Aleksander Dębicz on…Continue Reading Cinematic Piano By Dębicz
Kletzki, Szymanowski & Lutosławski: Music for Violin and Orchestra Paul Kletzi (1900-1973): Violin Concerto; Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): Violin Concerto No. 2; Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994): Partita for Violin and Orchestra Robert Davidovici – violin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak – cond. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra RPO Permanent Associate Conductor Grzegorz Nowak conducts Polish music for violin (Robert Davidovici)…Continue Reading New Releases of RPO & Maestro Nowak
Mikolaj Warszynski Piano Solo: Haydn, Szymanowski, Liszt, Chopin Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809): Grand Sonata in C major Hob. XVI:50; Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937): Shéhérazade de Masques, OP. 34 ; Franz Liszt (1811-1886): Méphisto Valse No.1; Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849): Polonaise in E flat minor, Op. 26 No.2; Scherzo No.1 in B minor Op.20; Nocturne in C minor, Op….Continue Reading Warszynski Solo CD Of Szymanowski, Chopin
The Blossoming Vine: Italian Maestri in Poland Works by Asprilio Pacelli (1570–1623), Vincenzo Bertolusi (c.1550-1608), and Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c.1567–1630) The Sixteen; Eamonn Dougan, cond. CORO Records COR16123 (rel. April 28, 2014) Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665–1734): Conductus funebris; Litaniae de Providentia Divina; Missa Rorate caeli: In virtute tua, O rex gloriae, Illuxit…Continue Reading Latest Recordings of Early Polish Music by the Sixteen
Audite, Gentes! – Psalms of the Golden Age Psalms by Mikołaj Gomółka to words by Jan Kochanowski: excerpts from Melodie na psałterz polski [Melodies on the Polish Psalter], arranged by Fernando Reyes Paulina Ceremużyńska (soprano), Fernando Reyes (vihuela, Renaissance guitar) and Carlos Castro (percussion) CDAccord ACD214 (release date: April 14, 2015) Melodies for the Polish…Continue Reading Gomółka on CD Accord
The Gaude Mater International Festival of Sacred Music will be held from April 20 to May 8, 2015. This year, the Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary. Within a quarter of a century, the Festival has built upon its original formula, aimed at the promotion of sacred music and intercultural dialogue. This year’s edition will summarize…Continue Reading 25 Years of Gaude Mater
KODY [CODES]—the Festival of Traditional and Avant-garde Music—is a new festival on Lublin’s cultural map. The first edition took place in May 2009. This year’s edition will be held from May 14 – 18, 2015. The Festival is an international event devoted to the idea of combining the archaic and the new in music. The mixture…Continue Reading Codes Festival
Music of the last few decades represents a lot of different stylistic trends which cannot always be easily classified. That’s why the Opus Series on Requiem Records—debuted on April 11 at the POLIN Museum of Polish Jews in Warsaw—will produce a series of recordings spanning a wide spectrum of works written for classical-style ensembles and…Continue Reading Debut Of Requiem Records’ Opus Series At Polin