Traditional Polish folk and dance music is a living form of Poland’s natural heritage which exerted a major influence on European and global culture. The Mazurkas of the World Festival collects and shares folk music traditions and it celebrated the 200th birthday of Oskar Kolberg, the father of Polish and European ethnomusicology. The festival took…Continue Reading Mazurkas Of The World Celebrates Kolberg
The Gaude Mater Festival in Częstochowa opened with a world premiere performance of Missa Corpus Christi by Łukasz Farcinkiewicz (b. 1981). Completed in 2011, Farcinkiewicz’s Missa is scored for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra. Solists Magdalena Rucińska and Maciej Nerkowski and the Cardinal Wyszyński University Choir were accompanied by the Orchestra Nova et vetera…Continue Reading Gaude Mater Festival 2014
The fourth edition of the Summer Concerts on Grochowskiej [Letnich Koncertów na Grochowskiej] Festival will run from May 10 – August 6, 2014 in Warsaw. As every year during this time, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra invites audiences every Saturday and Sunday for intimate concerts in its hall at ul. Grochowskiej 272. All concerts are…Continue Reading Summer Concerts At Grochowskiej