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15 February 2021 VIOLIN AND… THE HEN

During both editions of the concert entitled “Violin and… the Hen” in the AMU Concert Hall (held on the 18th and the 19th of February) we are going to listen to the music of Sergei Prokofiev and Joseph Haydn. The concert soloist will be the violinist Guy Braunstein, the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Berliner Philharmoniker (2000-2013), and the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra will be led by Ariel Zuckermann.

‘I wrote the first movement of the Violin Concerto No. 2 in Paris, the second – in Voronezh. I completed the orchestration in Baku, and the first performance took place in Madrid’ – that’s what Sergei Prokofiev wrote about the origin of his Violin Concerto No. 2. The work was composed in 1953 for a French virtuoso Robert Soëtens (with whom the author often performed) and the same year, on the 1st of December, the premiere was held. With Robert Soëtens, naturally, as the soloist – he was an active promoter of the piece for many years and presented it as the first violinist in numerous countries. 37 years after the Madrid premiere he performed it for the first time in South Africa. The violinist was 75 years old at that time, however he still had… twenty years of an artistic career before him, as he passed three months before his 100th birthday.

Symphony No. 83 in G minor ‘The Hen’ is the second of the cycle of six Paris Symphonies (No. 82-87) by Joseph Haydn, which were commissioned by the Paris Music Society, Le Concert de la Loge Olympique. The piece, like many other works by Haydn, received its nickname thanks to the listeners’ imagination. This time the French discovered in the music the sound imitating… a cackling hen. Hence the popular name of the Symphony. It is worth checking whether the French were right…

Thursday, 18.02.2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall
Friday, 19.02.2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall

VIOLIN AND… THE HEN

PERFORMERS:

Guy BRAUNSTEIN – violin
Ariel ZUCKERMANN – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM:

Sergei Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Allegro moderato
Andante assai
Allegro, ben marcato
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 83 in G minor ‘The Hen’
Allegro spiritoso
Andante
Menuet: Allegretto
Finale: Vivace

Season tickets:

SG (18.02)
DL | MW (19.02)

Tickets: prize A

09 February 2021 BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY. CORIOLAN AND SLENDER GREEK MAIDEN

For the next concert held on the 12th of February at 7 p.m. we invite you to the AMU Concert Hall. The evening will be filled with the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra will be led by Marek Pijarowski.

The opening work, Coriolan Overture, is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most often performed overtures. The piece, written and premiered in 1807, is a musical illustration of a play by an Austrian playwright Heinrich von Collin which tells a tragic story of Coriolan, a banished Roman patrician.

In the second part of the concert Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60, will be performed. It was completed in 1806 and premiered a year later in Vienna (along with the Overture… Coriolan). Due to its happier and more carefree character than the preceding Symphony No. 3 and the following Symphony No. 5, Robert Schumann called it a slender Greek maiden between two Nordic giants.

PERFORMERS:

Marek PIJAROWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

Season tickets: DL | MW
Prize: A

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08 February 2021 WE ARE EXPECTING YOU IN THE CONCERT HALL

We are pleased to announce that the next concert, on the 12th of February at 7 p.m., will be held in the AMU Concert Hall with audience participation. The program includes the works by Ludwig van Beethoven and the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra will be led by Marek Pijarowski.

According to the decision of the Governmental Crisis Management Team, during the event only half of the auditorium can be filled. While staying in the building of the AMU Concert Hall keeping the sanitary measures is mandatory, including wearing a mask covering both your nose and mouth.

The concerts with the audience participation are held until the 26th of February (check below for the schedule). The opening of philharmonies, theatres and cinemas to the audience is conditional and lasts, so far, two weeks. The decision to either prolong it or once again close the institutions will be made by the Governmental Crisis Management Team.

We would like to remind you that the listeners are obliged to follow the rules of procedure of the Poznan Philharmonic Concert Hall during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to sign a statement about the current state of health and hand it to the employees of the Poznan Philharmonic when entering the AMU Concert Hall.

Rules of the audience organization in AMU Concert Hall – the Auditorium of the Poznan Philharmonic

Statement of the attendee of the concerts organized by Poznan Philharmonic

Until the 26th of February the ticket office of the Poznan Philharmonic is opened from Tuesday to Friday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., as well as an hour before each concert.

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POZNAN PHILHARMONIC CONCERTS 12-26.02.2021:

Friday, 12.02.2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall

BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY
CORIOLAN AND SLENDER GREEK MAIDEN

PERFORMERS:

Marek PIJAROWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Coriolan Overture
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

Season tickets: DL | MW
Prize: A

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Thursday, 18.02.2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall
Friday, 19.02. 2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall

VIOLIN AND THE HEN

PERFORMERS:

Guy BRAUNSTEIN – violin
Ariel ZUCKERMANN – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM:

Sergei Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 83 in G minor The Hen

Season tickets:

SG (18.02)
DL | MW (19.02)

Prize: A

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Thursday, 25.02.2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall
Friday, 26.02. 2021, 7 p.m., AMU Concert Hall

487. POZNAN CONCERT
BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY

PERFORMERS:

Eivind GULLBERG JENSEN – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

The program includes the Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36, by Ludwig van Beethoven

Season tickets:

KP 1 (25.02)
KP 2 (26.02)

01 February 2021 BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY. SECOND, THOUGH… FIRST

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major by Ludwig van Beethoven will be heard during the next Internet Concert on Friday, the 5th of February at 7 p.m. The solo part will be performed by the German pianist Martin Stadtfelt, well-known to the Poznan audience, while the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra will be led by Łukasz Borowicz.

The preserved first drafts and the subsequent versions of the work indicate that Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 might have been written before his Piano Concerto No. 1. Its premiere performance also occurred earlier – it was held in Vienna on the 29th of March 1795. While the Concerto No. 1 was introduced to the world by Beethoven on the 18th of December 1795, also in Vienna. During both these events the composer himself performed the piano part.

This is what Ryszard Daniel Golianek wrote about the Piano Concerto No. 2 by the Maestro from Bonn in the Poznan Philharmonic concert programme from the 24th of April 2017 (the soloist then was also Martin Stadtfeld):

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19, is a typical example of absolute music, in which the crucial composition categories stem from the disposal of sound material and creation of relations between the solo piano part and the orchestra. The long period of writing the piece (1788-1795, and after that a series of revisions till year 1801) results from the fact that it was actually the first time the composer dealt with this classical genre brought to perfection by his predecessor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Beethoven’s Piano Concerto in C major, denoted No. 1, was written in the period of 1795-1801).

In accordance with the principles of a classical concerto, Beethoven arranged the work into three movements which contrast in tempo (Allegro con brio – Adagio – Rondo: allegro molto). The formal structure of particular movements (sonata form, variations, rondo) corresponds with the Mozartean model, just as the type of phrasing, figurations and the chromatics – these elements show the apparent influence of the Maestro from Salzburg. At the same time some individual traits of Beethoven’s style emerge, for instance the main theme of rondo which features a somewhat teasing, syncopated rhythm.

For the evening’s dessert – the 3rd movement of Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 by Ludwig van Beethoven, known as Appassionata. It is one of the most important piano sonatas written by the composer and also one of the most famous in the history of music.

PERFORMERS

Martin STADTFELD – piano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Rondo: Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 Appassionata – third movement Allegro ma non troppo

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01 February 2021 INTERNET CONCERTS

Due to the government’s decision to maintain the epidemiological constraints which aims at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the closure of cultural institutions for the audience till at least the 14th of February, we would like to inform that the Poznan Philharmonic concerts will until then be broadcast online.

We invite you to the Internet Concerts every Friday at 7 p.m.

You can find more concert details on our website and Facebook profile.

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25 January 2021 DOUBLE BASS AND… BEAR

Starring – double bass. This is how one can briefly summarize what music lovers can expect during the next Internet Concert entitled “Double Bass and… Bear”. The concert is held as usual on Friday, on the 29th of January 2021 at 7 p.m.

The double bass originated in the early days of the 16th century, although the first known references didn’t appear until the writings of Michael Preatorius, German composer, kapellmeister and organist living at the turn of the 17th century. He writes about viola da gamba sub-base – a monstrous instrument which is almost 2,5 metres high. Domenico Dragonetti is considered to be the first double bass virtuoso, thanks to whom the instrument has found itself in an orchestra ensemble. Dragonetti’s Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra is included in the program of the concert starring the largest string instrument. The piece will be performed by Piotr Czerwiński, the soloist of Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra led by Marek Pijarowski.

In the second part of the evening you will listen to Symphony No. 82 in C major “The Bear” by Joseph Haydn. This work, as many other pieces written by the composer, received its name thanks to the imagination of the audience. The French associated the parts of bass instruments in the last movement with the bear growls. The work, written in 1786, is the first in the cycle of six Paris Symphonies (No. 82-87) by Joseph Haydn, which were commissioned by the Paris Music Society, Le Concert de la Loge Olympique.

PERFORMERS

Piotr CZERWIŃSKI – double bass
Marek PIJAROWSKI – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM

Domenico Dragonetti, Concerto in A major for Double Bass and Orchestra
Allegro moderato
Andante
Allegro giusto
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 82 in C major “The Bear” Hob. I:82
Vivace assai
Allegretto
Menuet
Finale: Vivace

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21 January 2021 WE PLAY FOR YOU – BUY AN ALBUM

If you are interested in the purchase of other albums of the Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, please contact us by e-mail: tjarosik@filharmoniapoznanska.pl

You can buy the albums in the Poznan Philharmonic by sending us the contract notice via e-mail to the following address: tjarosik@filharmoniapoznanska.pl and making a transfer to the account of the Philharmonic: 90 1090 1359 0000 0000 3501 8949.

The albums will be sent by the Polish Post Office immediately after the inflow of the funds on the account of the Philharmonic.

The shipping costs:

up to 2 albums – 7 PLN
from 3 to 5 albums – 16 PLN
more than 5 albums – please contact the office of the Philharmonic. Phone number: 61 852 47 08

You can also collect the albums personally (after making the transfer for the ordered CDs, without the shipping costs) in the seat of the Philharmonic (Poznan, Święty Marcin Street 81, from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. or in the ticket office of Poznan Philharmonic (Poznan, AMU Concert Hall, Wieniawskiego Street 1, on Thursdays and Fridays between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.).

18 January 2021 WORLD OPERA STARS. THE VOICE OF THE VIENNESE CLASSICS

You can say that during the next Internet Concert, on the 22nd of January at 7 p.m., the music of two close friends will be heard: Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, two of the three famous composers from the First Viennese School. The arias written by Mozart will be interwoven by subsequent movements of Haydn’s Symphony No. 86 in D major.

This Symphony, unusually rarely performed, is fifth in the cycle of six Paris Symphonies (No. 82-87) by Haydn. They were all commissioned by the Paris Music Society, Le Concert de la Loge Olympique, watched over by the great patron of the arts Claude-François-Marie Rigoley, Count d’Ogny. They all met with approval and reinforced the composer’s fame in France and beyond.

Mozart’s arias will be masterfully performed by Simona Šaturova, a Slovak soprano who, albeit her extensive repertoire, underlines her particular fondness for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This is how one of the critics from “Der Neue Merker” in 2012 characterized her performance in the part of Konstanze in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Abduction from the Seraglio” staged in Aalto-Theater in Essen: “Simona Šaturová […] is simply a Mozart wonder. She sings the part of Konstanze with such a moving coloratura, such a delicate piano and in such a perfect style, that the audience holds its breath”.

Will the music lovers on the 22nd of January, at the concert from the World Opera Stars cycle, do the same? Let’s find out.

PERFORMERS:

Simona ŠATUROVÁ – soprano
Łukasz BOROWICZ – conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM:

Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D major (1st movement Adagio-Allegro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Misera, dove son” – Concert Aria KV 369
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D major (2nd movement Largo)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Crudele, ah no mio bene…/ Non mi dir” – Aria of Donna Anna from the Opera “Don Giovanni” KV 527
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D major (3rd movement Minuet-Trio)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Chi mai…/ Idol mio” – Elettra’s Aria from the Opera “Idomeneo” KV 366
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 86 in D major (4th movement Finale – Allegro con spirito)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Bella mia fiamma, Addio” – Concerto Aria KV 528

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13 January 2021 INTERNET CONCERTS

Due to the government’s decision to maintain the epidemiological constraints which aims at limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 virus, including the closure of cultural institutions for the audience till at least the 31st of January, we would like to inform that the Poznan Philharmonic concerts will until then be broadcast online.

We invite you to the Internet Concerts every Friday at 7 p.m.

15.01.2021
BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY
IMPERIAL FEAST

Saleem Abboud ASHKAR piano
Ariel ZUCKERMANN conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, Op. 73

22.01.2021
WORLD OPERA STARS
THE VOICE OF THE VIENNESE CLASSICS

Simona ŠATUROVÁ soprano
Łukasz BOROWICZ conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

The program includes:

Symphony No. 86 in D major by Joseph Haydn and famous arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

29.01.2021
DOUBLE BASS AND… BEAR

Piotr CZERWIŃSKI double bass
Marek PIJAROWSKI conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

Program:

Domenico Dragonetti, Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra
Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 82 in C major “The Bear”

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11 January 2021 BEETHOVEN OUR CONTEMPORARY. IMPERIAL FEAST

An excellent pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar and the Poznan Phiharmonic Orchestra led by Ariel Zuckermann are preparing a truly imperial feast for Friday, the 15th of January. During the next Internet Concert, held as usual at 7 p.m., we will listen to the Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Piano Concerto No. 5 was Beethoven’s last piano concerto and the only one the composer did not perform in front of the public. It was written in the years of 1809-1811 and the premiere performance took place on the 28th of November 1811 in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, under the baton of Johann Philipp Christian Schulz. The soloist was Friedrich Schneider, as Beethoven, almost completely deaf then, didn’t risk to undertake that role, despite the custom in the case of the previous concertos. The Viennese audience first heard the work a few months later: on the 12th of February 1812, this time the soloist was Beethoven’s apprentice, pianist Carl Czerny, highly regarded by the composer. Unfortunately, the innovative masterpiece had once again exceeded the tastes of the conservative Viennese public – the work received a cool reception.

Piano Concerto No. 5 has earned the “Imperial” title still during Beethoven’s lifetime, though, like many other names of that sort, it wasn’t given by the composer himself. It was probably invented by Johann Baptista Cramer, the English publisher of the work. Some people explain the epithet derives from the concerto’s dedication for archduke Rudolf Habsburg, others say it relates to the heroic and monumental, almost military character of the piece.

The concerto is considered to be the culmination in Beethoven’s piano creation. In this work the composer reaches an ideal balance between the emotional content and the virtuoso elements. A musical feast fit for emperors…

PERFORMERS

Saleem Abboud ASHKAR piano
Ariel ZUCKERMANN conductor
Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra

PROGRAM