In October 2025, Leoš Janáček’s Diary of One Who Disappeared orchestrated by Arthur Lavandier opened the Poznań Philharmonic’s 79th artistic season. It closes with the DUX-published album recorded during the concert, which has its premiere on 12 June 2026.

The Diary of One Who Disappeared is one of the most original cycles of songs. Besides the soloist and pianist, Janáček expands the ensemble by adding a mezzo-soprano and a female choir. As lyrics for the cycle, the composer used a series of short poems published by the Lidové nowiny on 14 May 1916. At the time, these were attributed to an “unknown country lad who falls in love with a Gypsy by the name of Zefka”. It was only eighty years later that the local writer and poet Ozef Kalda was named as the author of the mysterious poem.

Commissioned by the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasburg, the piece was orchestrated in 2022 by Arthur Lavandier. It was this version of The Diary of One Who Disappeared that was performed and recorded by the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz, and featuring excellent soloists: Petr Nekoranc (tenor) and Monika Jägerova (alto), Tomasz Sośniak (piano), and the female voices of Poznań Chamber Choir.

Besides information about the piece and the artists, the album booklet also contains song lyrics in Czech, as well as their Polish and English translations (by Jakub Pacześniak and Jan Sebastian Tomsa respectively).

Promotionally-priced copies of the newest album by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra can be purchased at the stand of “Pasja” bookshop located in the hallway of University Auditorium prior to and during the interval of the Stars of World Stages concert which will be held on 12 June at 7:00 p.m.

In the coming weeks, the LP (vinyl) version of the album will also be available on the music market.