Commissioned by the 2014 Presteigne Festival, the Requiem for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra (2013-2014) of Paweł Łukaszewski will be premiered on Sunday, August 24 at 7:45 p.m. in St Andrew’s Church in Presteigne, Wales, UK. The premiere will be performed by Rachel Nicholls (soprano), Christopher Foster (baritone), the Joyful Company of Singers and…Continue Reading Łukaszewski World Premiere
Traditional Scottish songs performed by Poles will resound throughout the interiors of Edinburgh’s medieval churches during evenings this summer. The Polish Song of the Goat Theatre ensemble returns to Scotland following their great success presenting Songs of Lear in 2012. Their new project is entitled Return to the Voice, and it features a guest appearance…Continue Reading Poles In Edinburgh
Established by Poland’s Adam Mickiewicz Institute in 2011, the I, CULTURE Orchestra (ICO) is an ensemble of outstanding young musicians from Poland and the Eastern Partnership member states – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Members audition and are chosen anew each season, and this year’s ensemble of 111 artists was announced in April…Continue Reading I, Culture Orchestra 2014
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute has recently published “A Foreigner’s Guide to Polish Jazz.” In this ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ style article, readers are given many ways to digest the complex and glorious history (and present) of jazz in Poland. The article was adapted from Cezary Lerski’s article “Polish Jazz – Freedom at last” by Wojciech Oleksiak, who provided…Continue Reading Foreigner’s Guide To Polish Jazz
From the Boosey & Hawkes website: The lost score of Benjamin Britten’s orchestration of Les Sylphides was recently rediscovered and revived by American Ballet Theater, and is now available on hire from Boosey & Hawkes for other ballet companies. Michel Fokine’s classic one-act ballet, with its orchestrations of music by Chopin, dates back to 1908…Continue Reading Dancing To Chopin (By Way Of Britten)
Two Polish musicians taught and performed at the 16th edition of the International Keyboard Institute & Festival hosted by the New School for Music at Mannes College in New York City: Grzegorz Niemczuk and Magdalena Baczewska. Thursday, July 17: 6:00pm Prestige Series Concert: Magdalena Baczewska Friday, July 18: 3:00pm Master Class – Goldmark Hall –…Continue Reading Poles at IKIF in NY
On August 17, an “Organ Concert of Three Polonaises” featuring organist Agnieszka Rybak will be held in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Rising at Our Lady of the Bright Mount Church in Los Angeles. Program: M.K. Ogiński – Polonez a-moll „Pożegnanie Ojczyzny”; H. Purcell – Trumpet Tune; L. Boellmann – Suita Gotycka…Continue Reading ‘Three Polonaises’ In L.A.
On Tuesday, June 18, President Bronisław Komorowski installed Małgorzata Omilanowska as Poland’s new Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Omilanowska replaces outgoing Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski, who has served in the post since November of 2007 but was recently elected to a seat in the European Parliament. According to the external service of Polish Radio: Former…Continue Reading Poland’s New Minister Of Culture
From June 14-15, Warsaw’s Nowy Teatr hosted the 3rd ‘Instalakcje’ Festival of musical installations, curated by composers Wojciech Blecharz and Paweł Mykietyn. The theme of this year’s Festival is the body and its metaphor in music. Held on June 14 at 8:00, the inaugural concert of the 2014 Festival was comprised entirely of World Premieres,…Continue Reading World Premieres at the Instalakcje Festival
The World Premiere of Nikola Kołodziejczyk’s Concerto brzeziński for trumpet, two typewriters, sewing machine, brass quartet, trombone, vocals, and jazz trio will take place on July 6 during the ‘Kolory Polski’ Festival. The composition was commissioned by the Łódź Philharmonic Orchestra, who are the organizers of the Festival, and the town of Brzeziny, where the…Continue Reading Kołodziejczyk World Premiere In Brzeziny