Philharmonic open to the public from the 21st of May
In relation to the earlier opening of the philharmonic to the public – from the 21st of May 2021 (before the initially announced 29th of May) below we present the May concert schedule.
INTERNET CONCERT
Friday, 14th of May 2021, 7 pm
STARS OF WORLD STAGES
MOZART OUR CONTEMPORARY
PERFORMERS:
Jan LISIECKI – piano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, KV 482
- Krzysztof Meyer, “Symphony in Mozart Style”
Partner:
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CONCERTS WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Friday, 21st of May 2021, 7 pm, Poznań, AMU Concert Hall
Saturday, 22nd of May 2021, 7 pm, Gdańsk, St. John’s Centre, GDANSK MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sunday, 23rd of May 2021, 5.30 pm, Pelplin, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption
TE DEUM
PERFORMERS:
Magdalena STEFANIAK – soprano
Katarzyna BELKIUS – soprano
Dominika STEFAŃSKA – mezzosoprano
Mykhailo KUSHLYK – tenor
Piotr MACIEJOWSKI – tenor
Paweł HORODYSKI – bass
Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis
Jan Łukaszewski – choirmaster
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Joseph Haydn, “Te Deum for the Empress Maria Theresa” Hob.XXIIIc:2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Laudate Dominum omnes gentes” from “Vesperae solennes de confessore” KV 339
- Karol Kurpiński, “Te Deum”
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Friday, 28th of May 2021, 7 pm, AMU Concert Hall
488. POZNAN CONCERT
MOZART AND THE NIGHTINGALES
PERFORMERS:
Monika MYCH – soprano
Małgorzata WOLTMANN-ŻEBROWSKA – alto / mezzosoprano
Damian ŻEBROWSKI – tenor
Andrzej OGÓRKIEWICZ – bass
Maciej BOLEWSKI – organ
Boys’ and Men’s Choir of the Poznan Philharmonic The Poznan Nightingales
Maciej WIELOCH – conductor
PROGRAM:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
“Sancta Maria, mater Dei” KV 273
“Laudate Dominum” from “Vesperae solennes de confessore” KV 339
“Te Deum” KV 141 / 66b
“Ave verum corpus” KV 618
“Coronation Mass” in C major KV 317
Season tickets: KP 1
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Saturday, 29th of May 2021, 11 am, AMU Concert Hall
CLOSING OF THE 53. SEASON OF PRO SINFONIKA
MUSIC OF BIG CITIES
MOSCOW
PERFORMERS:
Jakub Krawczyk – marimba
Marcin Suszycki – artistic direction
Chamber String Orchestra of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music
Marlena Gnatowicz – host
Tomasz Ilmer – host
PROGRAM:
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Serenade in C major, Op. 48
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Flight of the Bumblebee” from the opera “The Tale of Tsar Sultan” (transcription for solo marimba: Pius Cheung)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, “Vocalise” (transcription for solo marimbę: Pius Cheung)
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “Swan Dance” from the ballet “Swan Lake” (transcription for solo marimba: Jakub Krawczyk)
Season tickets: PS
Tickets are available for purchase before the concert in the ticket office of the AMU Concert Hall
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Saturday, 29th of May 2021, 6 pm, AMU Concert Hall
488. POZNAN CONCERT
MOZART AND THE NIGHTINGALES
PERFORMERS:
Monika MYCH – soprano
Małgorzata WOLTMANN-ŻEBROWSKA – alto / mezzosoprano
Damian ŻEBROWSKI – tenor
Andrzej OGÓRKIEWICZ – bass
Maciej BOLEWSKI – organ
Boys’ and Men’s Choir of the Poznan Philharmonic The Poznan Nightingales
Maciej WIELOCH – conductor
PROGRAM:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
“Sancta Maria, mater Dei” KV 273
“Laudate Dominum” from “Vesperae solennes de confessore” KV 339
“Te Deum” KV 141 / 66b
“Ave verum corpus” KV 618
“Coronation Mass” in C major KV 317
Season tickets: KP 2
We can jokingly say that Bergson turned up at… Bergson square. Last year’s album of the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra “Michał Bergson. Concerto symphonique pour piano avec orchestre op. 62 / Music from the opera Luisa di Monfort” was honoured with the title Trophées Radio Classique by the French Radio Classique based at… Henri Bergson square in Paris, the square bearing the name of the Literary Nobel Prize winner, son of a Polish composer, Michał Bergson.
The Poznan album found itself among the most interesting discs that the prestigious Radio Classique distinguished in May – the best of the albums presented each week and honoured by Trophées Radio Classique are acknowledged by special awards in ten categories during the annual gala. The choice is composed of the jury made up of the heads of the most important music institutes in France.
In the review of the album of the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra released by DUX Jérémie Bigorie presents to the French music lovers the figure of Michał Bergson, pianist and composer. He compares him to such characters as Frédéric Chopin or Franz Liszt, who also found their artistic fulfillment in Paris, “the capital of the 19th century”. He also underlines that he was the father of the Nobel Laureate, philosopher Henri Bergson.
The author pays particular attention to the main work on the album: Concerto symphonique pour piano avec orchestre op. 62, the manuscript of which Jonathan Plowright discovered in the London antique shop and was purchased by the Poznan Philharmonic.
He describes it as a brilliant piece of music, faithful to the ternary form and referring to Chopin. He mentions Plowright’s virtuosity and marvels at the artist’s ability to cope with the toughest elements of the score. ‘The work simply revives under the fingers of that pianist’, the critic points out.
Jérémie Bigorie also draws attention to the aria for clarinet from the opera “Luisa di Monfort”, which lets Jakub Drygas shine. He writes about the aria “Il Ritorno” performed by Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk that Bellini and Donizetti could have put their names on it.
According to the reviewer, the conductor, Łukasz Borowicz, got the best out of the musicians. And for this reason Radio Classique couldn’t miss such a fine record discovery.
Jan Lisiecki, a prominent Canadian pianist with Polish roots (and a connection with Poznan) will be the main performer of the next Poznan Philharmonic’s Internet Concert held as part of the Stars of World Stages cycle on the 14th of May at 7 pm. The event was entitled “Mozart Our Contemporary”, as in the course of the concert we will listen to one of Mozart’s works, as well as a contemporary piece written… in Mozart style.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major KV 482 in Vienna, which he called, in a letter to his father, the land of the piano. In that city he thrived as a pianist-composer and created piano concertos for him as the soloist. He wrote to his sister in 1781: “If all goes well, I will be as cherished here as a composer, as I am now as a pianist”.
He began to compose the Concerto in E-flat major in November 1785, while simultaneously working on “The Marriage of Figaro”. He completed it on the 16th of December and the same evening he performed it… between the acts of the “Ester” Oratorio by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf! This used to be the reality. The work was presented autonomously on the 23rd of December 1785 and was very well received. It has been found in the notes of Leopold Mozart, father of Amadeus, that the listeners back then were particularly captivated by the second movement of the Concerto and that they regularly called for an encore.
After Mozart – “Symphony in Mozart Style” by Krzysztof Meyer – a unique example of a pastiche of Mozart style revealing how well the composer is able to handle various styles and techniques. The audience truly has an impression of listening to a work from the 18th century and no wonder. Poznan music lovers who sat in the audience of the AMU Concert Hall on the 1st of April 1977 were entirely sure that the piece was written by Mozart. Only the conductor Renard Czajkowski was aware of that April Fools’ Day joke (the concert even had a subheading: “April Fools’ Day”). Everybody else (even the musicians!) didn’t know the truth until it was revealed after the premiere performance. Could they fall for it? Listen and assess yourself… And if a housemate, intrigued by the music, asks: ‘It’s Mozart, isn’t it?” – confirm…
PERFORMERS:
Jan LISIECKI – piano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, KV 482
Allegro
Andante
Allegro - Krzysztof Meyer, “Symphony in Mozart Style”
Adagio – Allegro
Andante con moto
Tempo di minuetto
Allegro
Partner:
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According to the government’s decision to open the philharmonic to the audience on the 29th of May, we would like to inform you that until that time the concerts of the Poznan Philharmonic will be broadcast via Internet.
You can find more details about the concerts on our website and the Facebook profile.
The ticket office of the Poznan Philharmonic is closed until the 28th of May 2021.
CONCERTS OF POZNAN PHILHARMONIC (AS AT 28.04.2021):
Friday, 14th of May 2021, 7 pm
STARS OF WORLD STAGES
MOZART OUR CONTEMPORARY
INTERNET CONCERT
PERFORMERS:
Jan LISIECKI – piano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, KV 482
- Krzysztof Meyer, “Symphony in Mozart Style”
Partner:
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Saturday, 22nd of May 2021, 7 pm
GDANSK MUSIC FESTIVAL
TE DEUM
INTERNET CONCERT
PERFORMERS:
Magdalena STEFANIAK – soprano
Katarzyna BELKIUS – soprano
Dominika STEFAŃSKA – mezzosoprano
Mykhailo KUSHLYK – tenor
Piotr MACIEJOWSKI – tenor
Paweł HORODYSKI – bass
Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis
Jan Łukaszewski – choirmaster
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Joseph Haydn, “Te Deum for the Empress Maria Theresa” Hob.XXIIIc:2
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Laudate Dominum omnes gentes” from “Vesperae solennes de confessore” KV 339
- Karol Kurpiński, “Te Deum”
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Friday, 28th of May 2021, 7 pm
BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY
STARS OF WORLD STAGES
INTERNET CONCERT
PERFORMERS:
Paul McCREESH – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
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Saturday, 29th of May 2021, 11 am, AMU Concert Hall
CLOSING OF THE 53. SEASON OF PRO SINFONIKA
MUSIC OF BIG CITIES
MOSCOW
PERFORMERS:
Jakub Krawczyk – marimba
Marcin Suszycki – artistic direction
Chamber String Orchestra of the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music
Marlena Gnatowicz – host
Tomasz Ilmer – host
PROGRAM:
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Serenade in C major, Op. 48
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, “Flight of the Bumblebee” from the opera “The Tale of Tsar Sultan” (transcription for solo marimba: Pius Cheung)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff, “Vocalise” (transcription for solo marimbę: Pius Cheung)
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “Swan Dance” from the ballet “Swan Lake” (transcription for solo marimba: Jakub Krawczyk)
Season tickets: PS
Tickets are available for purchase before the concert in the ticket office of the AMU Concert Hall
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Sunday, 30th of May 2021, 12 pm, AMU Concert Hall
Sunday, 30th of May 2021, 6 pm, AMU Concert Hall
488. POZNAN CONCERT
MOZART AND THE NIGHTINGALES
PERFORMERS:
Monika MYCH – soprano
Małgorzata WOLTMANN-ŻEBROWSKA – alto / mezzosoprano
Damian ŻEBROWSKI – tenor
Andrzej OGÓRKIEWICZ – bass
Maciej BOLEWSKI – organ
Boys’ and Men’s Choir of the Poznan Philharmonic The Poznan Nightingales
Maciej WIELOCH – conductor
PROGRAM:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
“Sancta Maria, mater Dei” KV 273
“Laudate Dominum” from “Vesperae solennes de confessore” KV 339
“Te Deum” KV 141 / 66b
“Ave verum corpus” KV 618
“Coronation Mass” in C major KV 317
Season tickets:
KP 1 (12 pm)
KP 2 (6 pm)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major by Ludwig van Beethoven will be played at the next Internet Concert on Friday, the 23rd of April at 7 pm, with the German pianist Martin Stadtfeld at the piano and the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz.
Piano Concerto No. 4 had its premiere during a private concert in the palace of Prince Joseph Franz Lobkowitz, in March 1807. A wide audience listened to it on the 22nd of December 1808 in Theater an der Wien at the composer evening of the Master from Bonn. Unfortunately after that event it had been… forgotten for many years (until Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy presented it to the world once again in 1836). That is hardly surprising, as on the December evening in Vienna, besides the Concerto, also two Symphonies (Nos. 5 and 6), Choral Fantasy in C minor, extracts from the Mass in C major, Op. 86, piano improvisations and the concert aria “Ah! Perfido – Per pietà” were performed as well. The whole concert was about four hours long!
Piano Concerto No. 4 was written in the years of 1805-1806 and is considered to be the first of Ludwig van Beethoven’s concertos presenting the composer’s unique style. It was untypical at the time it originated: the work starts with a piano part, which is a solo instrument, and not with the orchestra – that didn’t actually happen so far. The Concerto is called “Lark” because of the brilliant musical ornaments which gives the soloist the opportunity to shine. Is there a better concert recommendation for the spring we are all looking forward to?
And for dessert – Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven. Second from the three sonatas from Opus 2, dedicated to Joseph Haydn by young Beethoven. It was written in 1796, in the early period of the composer’s work.
PERFORMERS:
Martin STADTFELD – piano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Rondo. Vivace - Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 (2nd movement – Largo appasionato)
Honorary Patronage
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Project co-funded by Polish-German Cooperation Fund
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The Last Parisian? – that’s the title of the next Internet Concert, to which we invite you on the 16th of April at 7 pm. The event features the music of Joseph Haydn, the oldest composer of the Viennese School, also known as the father of the new orchestra, and Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra led by Tadeusz Wojciechowski.
During the evening the subsequent of the six Paris Symphonies cycle (Nos. 82-87) by Joseph Haydn will be performed. They were all commissioned by the Paris Music Society, Le Concert de la Loge Olympique, supported by the great patron of the arts Claude-François-Marie Rigoley, Count d’Ogny. They all met with an enthusiastic reception and reinforced the composer’s fame in France and abroad.
Symphony in A Major is marked with No. 87 and according to the current numbering system it is the last of the Haydn’s Paris symphonies. However, as it occurs in the history of music, the opus numbers doesn’t always equate with the time of its origin. Thus Symphony No. 87 was composed in 1785 as the… first, not the last of the Paris cycle.
Musicologists believe, that the Paris Symphonies formed Haydn’s way to symphonic championship. In these symphonies his style is already developed, and the composer discards the pompous and empty theatrical tone, in its simplicity getting closer to the grateful, sometimes naive folk music sound.
PERFORMERS:
Tadeusz WOJCIECHOWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Joseph Haydn, Symphony in A Major, No. 87
Vivace
Adagio
Menuet
Finale: Vivace
According to the government’s decision to keep the current epidemiological restrictions to limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the closure of the cultural institutions for the audience until the 18th of April, we would like to inform you that the concerts of the Poznan Philharmonic will be broadcast via Internet till that time. You can find more details about the concerts on our website and Facebook profile.
We invite you for the Internet Concert every Friday at 7 pm.
Friday, 9th of April 2021, 7 pm
TRIBUTE TO THE GENIUS
INTERNET CONCERT
PERFORMERS:
Michał FRANCUZ – piano
Tadeusz WOJCIECHOWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Igor Stravinsky, “Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments”
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Friday, 16th of April 2021, 7 pm
THE LAST PARISIAN?
INTERNET CONCERT
PERFORMERS:
Tadeusz WOJCIECHOWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Joseph Haydn, Symphony in A Major, No. 87
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Friday, 23rd of April 2021, 7 pm
BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY
IN A SPRING MOOD
INTERNET CONCERT
PERFORMERS:
Martin STADTFELD – piano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 (2nd movement – Largo appasionato)
Honorary Patronage
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Project co-funded by Polish-German Cooperation Fund
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This day, the 6th of April, marks the 50th death anniversary of Igor Stravinsky, one of the most ingenious composers of the 20th century. To commemorate the genius Poznan Philharmonic dedicates the next Internet Concert (Friday, 9th of April at 7 pm) to his music. For the first time in Poznan the “Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments” will be [performed, featuring the pianist Michał Francuz and Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra led by Tadeusz Wojciechowski.
Igor Stravinsky began to write the “Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments” in the summer of 1923 and completed it on the 21st of April of the following year. The work waited only a month for its premiere – it was performed for the first time in the Paris Opera on the 22nd of May 1924. The composer himself played the piano part, while Serge Koussevitzky conducted the whole ensemble – he was the one who commissioned the piece for his famous Parisian Concerts Koussevitzky, which he led in the years of 1921-1928 and popularized the works by Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky and Maurice Ravel.
By taking up writing the piece, Stravinsky secured the exclusivity for its performance for five years. In that period he performed the Concerto over 40 times! In 1950 the composer introduced a few changes and amendments to the work and in that version it has been performed the most frequently.
In our today’s commemoration of the unusual composer it is worth mentioning that his father, Fyodor Stravinsky, came from a Polish gentry from the Eastern Borderlands Stravinsky with the Sulima coat of arms. The composer’s great-great-grandfather, Stanislaus Stravinsky, went down in history during the Bar Confederation when on the 3rd of November 1771 he took part in the kidnapping of the King Stanisław August Poniatowski.
Rumour has it that Igor Stravinsky had taken steps to apply for the Polish citizenship, the reason being not the blood relation but the property of his first wife, located in Poland. According to one of the story versions the artist gave up due to the long queue before the Polish Consulate in Paris, according to the other one – he was discouraged by the behaviour of the official, who treated Stravinsky as one of those “nagging” Russian emigrants seeking asylum in Western Europe after the Revolution.
PERFORMERS:
Michał FRANCUZ – piano
Tadeusz WOJCIECHOWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra
PROGRAM:
- Igor Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Largo – Allegro – Più mosso – Maestoso
Largo
Allegro
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