From June 8-14, the 26th edition of the International Festival of Kraków Composers will be held. The Festival is organized by the Kraków branch of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZKP), led by artistic director Marcel Chyrzyński. The program will include works by Marek Stachowski, Maciej Zieliński, Zbigniew Bujarski, Michał Jakub Papara, Witold Lutosławski, Mikołaj Górecki,…Continue Reading Kraków Composers’ Festival
Polish Day in L.A. Saturday, June 14, 2014 from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm Linden Avenue between 1st Street & Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802 On June 14, Polish Day in L.A. will celebrate Polish culture with music, crafts, delicious treats, good beer, and fun during the 2nd Saturday Art Walk in Long Beach, CA….Continue Reading Polish Festivals Around The US
Tempus Fantasy Fantasy on Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Sonate F minor Op. 80 No. 1; Fantasy on Claude Debussy’s “Pour l’Egyptienne”; Fantasy on Gregorian chant “Dies Irae” & Franz Liszt’s “Totentanz”; Fantasy on Sergei Rachmaninov’s “Vocalise”; Fantasy on Sergei Rachmaninov’s Prelude C sharp minor Op.3 No.2; Fantasy on Frederic Chopin’s Prelude F sharp major Op. 28…Continue Reading Classical Piano Meets Electronica
Karol Szymanowski – Masques, Métopes & Études Szymanowski (1882-1937): 12 Études, Op. 33; Masques, Op. 34; 4 Études, Op. 4; Métopes ‘Trois Poèmes’, Op. 29; Cédric Tiberghien, piano Hyperion CDA67886 (Feb. 2014) In French pianist Cédric Tiberghien’s first solo recording for Hyperion he embraces the sensual, crepuscular sound-world of Szymanowski’s piano music. Tiberghien’s expressive, mercurial,…Continue Reading Szymanowski On Hyperion
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