FRENCH HORN PLAYERS OF THE POZNAŃ PHILHARMONIC ARE THE BEST!

On the 5th National Competition for Brass Instruments, which ended recently in Katowice, musicians-soloists of Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra once again seized prizes.

Two main awards (2nd and 3rd prize, 1st not granted) in the French Horn category were given to Marcin Chrzanowski (2nd prize) and Monika Paprocka-Całus (3rd prize).

Not hiding our joy and satisfaction, we congratulate the winners.

We would like to invite you to the broadcast of Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, held within the 23rd Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. Accompanied by superb soloists, as well as the Choir of the National Philharmonic and led by Maestro Łukasz Borowicz, the musicians will present “Paria” by Stanisław Moniuszko. The opera will be performed in Italian. The broadcast in Polish Radio Program II starts at 7 p.m.

Philharmonic of Program II

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, we would like to inform you about the changes introduced in the rules of purchasing season tickets for Poznan Concerts for artistic season 2019/2020!

The Poznan Concerts season tickets for the new artistic season will be sold from the 10th of June to the 28th of June 2019. The auditors are invited directly to Poznan Philharmonic Box Office, which is open Monday to Friday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

We inform our regular listeners that at the purchase of the new ticket, the ticket for season 2018/2019 is needed.

We invite new music lovers to place the order at the ticket office.

Attention:

• The price remains unchanged.
• The first concert is scheduled for the 28th of September 2019.
• For more information, please check the Box Office of Poznan Philharmonic situated at the AMU Concert Hall, Wieniawskiego Street 1.

Deutsche Grammophon label has released a new album by Rafał Blechacz, this time recorded together with Bomsori Kim. The CD comprises sonatas for violin and piano by Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy and Karol Szymanowski, as well as… Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne No. 20.

The first performance of the program took place in June 2018 in Poznan Philharmonic, during a concert closing the season 2017/2018. The event also marked the end of the great Polish pianist’s residency in our institution. In July 2018 both artists (Bomsori Kim is the soloist-in-residence of Poznan Philharmonic in the current artistic season) recorded the aforementioned works in Berlin.

The campaign of their joint album in the Poznan Philharmonic is planned for Friday, the 1st of March, during a concert “From the Golden Prague”, held in AMU Concert Hall with the participation of Bomsori Kim.

Due to the national mourning announced owing to the death of Paweł Adamowicz – Mayor of Gdańsk – Poznan Philharmonic alternates the program and the date of the 474. Poznań Concert, scheduled for Saturday, 19th of January 2019. “Halka on screen and on stage” will take place in the second half of year 2019, in the artistic season of 2019/2020.

Whereas the program of the 474. Poznań Concert, held exceptionally on Friday, 18th of January at 7 p.m. in AMU Concert Hall, will include, among other works, the famous Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs” by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki. The concert, entitled “Sorrowful Songs”, is held in memory of Paweł Adamowicz.

Poznań Concerts’ season tickets for 19th of January, as well as megatickets MW, are valid for the Friday concert on the 18th of January.

It is with sadness that we found out about the sudden death of Dr Szczepan Gawłowski – president of “Kreisler” company and sponsor of Poznan Philharmonic.

Szczepan Gawłowski had been a friend of our institution for years.

We would like to express our sincere condolences to the family

Wojciech Nentwig along with the Poznan Philharmonic ensembles and the staff

We are proud to announce that in the 5th National Competition for French Horn Players, held in December in Łódź, the musicians of Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra received main awards. Monika Paprocka-Całus got 1st prize, while Marcin Chrzanowski – the 2nd. Our sincere congratulations to the laureates!

„Songs from Wielkopolskie Uprising times” and a work dedicated to the heroes of the Uprising, written one hundred years after this event, can be found on the album recently released by Poznań Philharmonic – “Wielkopolska 1918 Symphony”. It begins with eight songs from the Wielkopolskie Uprising times, in new arrangements prepared by young composers (Jan Krutul, Dominik Puk, Marek Raczyński and Jakub Szafrański). The pieces, same as the titular “Wielkopolska 1918 Symphony” written by Marek Sewen, were commissioned by the Poznań Philharmonic.

Poznan Chamber Choir conducted by Bartosz Michałowski recorded the songs, while the Symphony was performed by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra and Poznań Nightingales led by Łukasz Borowicz.

In the album’s booklet, alongside the information on the works, composers and performers, you can also find a passage on the Wielkopolskie Uprising, the course of events and its meaning for the history of Poland, as well as photo archives from hundred years ago. The premiere of the album, which was released by DUX phonographic label, takes place on the 29th of December 2018 in the AMU Concert Hall at 6 p.m. during a concert entitled “Wielkopolska 1918 Symphony”.

The album can be purchased during the concerts of Poznań Philharmonic and in good music stores.

…VALUABLE AWARDS. Four recently announced nominations to International Classical Music Awards for Polish artists should not pass unnoticed. One of the most valued is for Łukasz Borowicz and Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra for the recording of two Feliks Nowowiejski’s symphonies, as he is another composer of the last century, whose music is worth remembering…

The excerpt derives from an article by Jacek Marczyński, the reviewer of Rzeczpospolita newspaper, in which he pays tribute to the album recorded by Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Łukasz Borowicz and released by DUX label. The album is the world phonographic premiere of both of Feliks Nowowiejski’s works.

For the whole article – see here:
Rzeczpospolita, 19.12.2018, Jacek Marczyński – Scores Recovered or Rewritten