31st WARSAW MUSIC ENCOUNTERS
May, 6-12. 2017
May,6, 2017, Saturday, at 19.00, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Lora Szafran– vocal
Bogdan Hołownia – piano
Paweł Pańta – bass guitar, double bass
Sebastian Frankiewicz – percussion
Robert Murakowski – trumphet
Henryk Wars Już nie zapomnisz mnie (sł. Ludwik Starski)
Henryk Wars Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (sł. Julian Tuwim)
Henryk Wars Pierwszy znak (sł. Julian Tuwim)
Władysław Szpilman Do widzenia Teddy (sł. Bogusław Konrad Choiński, Jan Gałkowski)
Władysław Szpilman Deszcz (sł. Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński)
Władysław Szpilman W małym kinie (sł. Ludwik Starski)
Jerzy Wasowski Droga do ciebie (sł. Jeremi Przybora)
Jerzy Wasowski Dzień dobry Mister Blues (sł. Grzegorz Wasowski)
Henryk Wars Śpij kochanie (sł. Ludwik Starski)
Jerzy Wasowski Zmierzch (sł. Jeremi Przybora)
Jerzy Wasowski Wesoły deszczyk (sł. Jeremi Przybora)
May, 7, 2017, Sunday, at 18.00, the Evagelic-Reformed Church
Stoltzer Ensemble:
Radosław Pachołek – countertenor
Maciej Gocman – tenor
Piotr Karpeta – baritone
Rafał Chalabala – bass
Marek Pilch – positive
Thomas STOLTZER
Dies sanctificatus
Heinrich FINCK
Missa Te Deum Laudamus
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Thomas STOLTZER
Te Deum
May, 8, 2017, Monday, at 10.00, Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Science, 26 Długa str.
Zygmunt Mycielski – the man, his thought and music. An interdisciplinary conference to celebrate the 110. anniversary of the composer's birth
Organizers: Institut of Art of the Polish Academy of Science and Polish Composers’ Union – Musicologists’ Section
May, 8, 2017, Monday, at 19.00, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Joanna Freszel – soprano
Jarosław Bręk – baritone
Anna Kwiatkowska – violin
Aleksandra Kupczyk – violin
Joanna Opalińska – piano
Mariusz Rutkowski – piano
Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska – curator of the concert
Karol Szymanowski
Słopiewnie to words by Julian Tuwim (1921)
Zygmunt Mycielski
Wedding songs to words by Bruno Jasieński (1934)
Zygmunt Mycielski
Birch to words by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz for voice and piano (1951)
Andrzej Panufnik
Hommage à Chopin for voice and piano (1948)
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Roman Palester
Sonate for two violins and piano(1939)
Zygmunt Mycielski
Fiat voluntas tua, ofertorium for two violins and piano(1943)*
Zygmunt Mycielski
Rescue, 5 Songs to words by Czesław Miłosz for baritone and piano (1946-48)
Zygmunt Mycielski
Written early in the morning to words by Czesław Miłosz (1957-67) for baritone and piano
May, 9, 2017, Thuesday, at 19.00, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Kwadrofonik:
Bartłomiej Wąsik – pianos
Magdalena Kordylasińska i Miłosz Pękala – percussion
Tomasz Sikorski
Listening Music (1974) version for two pianos, marimba and vibraphone*
Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska
...et non est pacis for two piano and two percussions (2017)**
Aleksander Kościów
Noumen for two pianos and two percussions(2017)**
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George Crumb
Music for a summer evening (Makrokosmos III) (1974)
Nocturnal sounds (The Awekening)
Wanderer-Fantasy
The Advent – Hymn of the nativity of the Star-Child
Myth
Music of the Starry Night – Song of reconciliation
May, 10, Wednesday, 2017, at 19.00, Witold Lutosławski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Alina Mleczko – saxophone
Baltic Neopolis Orchestra
Emanuel Salvador – violin, conductor
Paweł Łukaszewski
Sinfonietta for string orchestra (2004)
Jacek Grudzień
Concerto per sassofono soprano e archi (1996)
Edward Sielicki
Secondo Concerto per archi „Hortus conclusus” (2017)**
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Hanna Kulenty
When the Morning Light starts glowing for string orchestra(2017)**
Paweł Mykietyn
Sonatina für Alina (version for saxophone and strings)(1994)
Jerzy Derfel
Sonata e-moll for alt saxophone and strings(2009/2010)
Allegro ma non tanto
Largo
Rondo. Allegro giocoso
May, 11, Thursday, 2017, at 19.00, Royal Castle, the Concert Hall
Joanna Freszel – soprano
Opium String Quartet:
Agnieszka Marucha – violin
Anna Szalińska – violin
Magdalena Małecka-Wippich – viola
Olga Łosakiewicz-Marcyniak – cello
Ryszard Sielicki
I String Quartet f-moll „Polski” (1944)
Allegro animato
Andante cantabile
Tema con variazioni
Joachim Mendelson
I String Quartetto
Moderato con spirito
Largo
Allegro con brio molto vivace
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Iwona Kisiel
Three Songs for soprano and string quartet to words by Bolesław Leśmian*
Song
Mystery
In the Evening
Joanna Bruzdowicz
III String Quartet "Il Destino" – The Warsaw Uprising 1944 in memoriam (2014/2017)
Elegia (2014)
Campo di Rovine – Field of Rubble (2017)
Allegro dramatico
Con passione
Maciej Małecki
I String Quartet (1994)
May, 12, 2017, Friday at 19.00 Royal Castle, the Great Assembly Hall
Elżbieta Gajewska – flute
Anna Mikołajczyk – soprano
Olga Paciej – harpsichord
Wilanów String Quartet:
Tadeusz Gadzina – violin
Paweł Łosakiewicz – violin
Ryszard Duź – viola
Olga Łosakiewicz-Marcyniak – cello
Władysław Słowiński
Concertino for harpsichord and string quartet (1988)
Allegro giocoso
Grave molto tenuto
Vivo scherzando
Passionato per quartetto d'archi (1987)
Suite for the Royal Castle – Baroque reminiscences for flute, violin, viola and cello (1996)
Preludio
Scherzando alla polacca
Lento, quasi una aria
Generoso alla gavotta
Gigue
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Dedications for a Friend
* first performance
** first performance – co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of
the Republic of Poland within the programme “Composition Commissions” implemented
by the Institute of Music and Dance