On October 12, students of the Thornton School of Music will present a free concert highlighting the PMC’s diverse library collection. This all-Polish program will include composers include Chopin, Ryterband, Sikora and Tansman. The music will be interspersed with lively discussion led by PMC Asst. Director Krysta Close and Thornton Professor of Musicology Lisa Cooper…Continue Reading Music @ Rushhour Features PMC
On Sunday, October 16 at 7:00 p.m., the Polish Music Center will host its annual Paderewski Lecture-Recital at USC’s Alfred Newman Recital Hall. Our honored guest for this year’s event is composer Elżbieta Sikora, who will speak about her artistic process and diverse body of work, followed by a concert of her chamber music. In addition to delivering the…Continue Reading 2016 Paderewski Lecture-Recital
Friedman & Różycki: Piano Quintets Ludomir Różycki: Piano Quintet in C minor Op 35; Ignacy Friedman: Piano Quintet in C minor. Jonathan Plowright (piano), Szymanowski Quartet Hyperion CDA68124 Following the success of their previous chamber CD, Jonathan Plowright has again teamed up with the Polish/Ukrainian Szymanowski Quartet to record two more forgotten gems of the Romantic Polish repertoire for Hyperion…Continue Reading Plowright and Szymanowski
Choral Music – Szymanowski, K. / Penderecki, K. / Górecki, H. / Lutosławski, W. Karol Szymanowski: Piesni kurpiowskie (Kurpie Songs)(1929); Krzysztof Penderecki: Veni creator; Roman Haubenstock-Ramati: Madrigal; Krzysztof Penderecki: Song of Cherubim; Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Pięć Pieśni Kurpiowskich (5 Kurpian Songs), Op. 75; Witold Lutosławski: 10 Pieśni Ludowych Na Tematy Źołnierskie (10 Polish Folksongs on Soldiers’ Themes) (excerpts) South West German Radio…Continue Reading Polish Choral Music
Grażyna Bacewicz – Complete String Quartets Grażyna Bacewicz: String Quartet No.1-7 (1938-1965) Szymon Krzeszowiec – violin I; Arkadiusz Kubica – violin II; Łukasz Symicki – viola; Piotr Janosik –cello Chandos Records CHAN10904 (1 July 2016) The multi-award winning Silesian Quartet’s new recording of the complete string quartets by Grażyna Bacewicz has been widely well received since its release in July….Continue Reading Grażyna Bacewicz: String Quartets
Modern Soul Ignacy Zalewski: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Mikołaj Majkusiak: Sonata for Violin and Accordion, Marcin Markowicz: Sonata for Violin and Piano, Aleksander Nowak: Sonata in Three Moods for Violin and Guitar, Agata Szymczewska – violin; Marek Bracha – piano; Maciej Frąckiewicz – accordion; Grzegorz Skrobiński – piano; Łukasz Kuropaczewski – guitar CD Accord ACD 223 On September 16, the new album by…Continue Reading New Album of Agata Szymczewska
Making his debut appearance in the prestigious and internationally renowned London Pianoforte Series at Wigmore Hall in July of this year, champion of Polish Romantic repertoire and former Paderewski Festival Gala pianist Jonathan Plowright received a rapturous reception from both the capacity audience and critic, whose review was published on the online ‘Classical Source’ website: It’s hard to believe…Continue Reading Plowright and Polish Music Around Europe
On August 20, the Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio hosted a concert during which new works by Polish female composers were presented. Chamber vocal compositions written by Alicja Gronau, Iwona Kisiel, Olga Hans, Monika Kędziora and Aleksandra Garbal were interpreted by Lilianna Zalesińska (mezzosoprano) and Piotr Szymanowicz (piano). The concert was organized by the Polish Composers’ Union and Polish Radio Program…Continue Reading Works by Polish Female Composers
On September 29, after the summer break, the next free concert of this year’s “Muzyka pod Liberatorem” series was held in the Warsaw Uprising Museum, featuring Paweł Mykietyn’s music. The meeting was led by Barbara Schabowska. Paweł Mykietyn is recognized as one of the most interesting composers of contemporary music. The concert program featured two of…Continue Reading ‘Muzyka Pod Liberatorem’: Mykietyn Edition
On September 30, in the Western-Kashubian Museum in Bytów, a concert entitled “The Invisible Pianist, a Concert in Darkness” was performed by pianist Barbara Drążkowska. It was the newest project of Drążkowska from the edge of music and performance art – a modification of a concert situation whereby the audience is in complete darkness and the…Continue Reading The Invisible Pianist – A Concert in Darkness