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Krzysztof Knittel’s ‘The Last Judgment’ – premiere 8 November
2017-11-03
The premiere of Krzysztof Knittel’s opera ‘Sąd ostateczny’ [The Last Judgment] is just a few days away. We invite you to the Baltic Opera on 8 November! The chorus, orchestra and ballet of the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk will be conducted by Szymon Morus. The soloists will be Robert Gierlach, Piotr Lempa, Jan Jakub Monowid, Anna Mikołajczyk and Magdalena Chmielecka.
‘Cracovians and Highlanders’ – unfamiliar aspects of the opera
2017-10-25
On 11 November, Wrocław Opera invites you to the premiere of 'Cud mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i Górale' [The supposed miracle, or Cracovians and highlanders], with music by Jan Stefani and words by Wojciech Bogusławski. This is a special event: although this oldest Polish national opera has returned to the stage many times, the Wrocław production will be the first to be based on a critical source edition of the music.
‘Polish Ballets’: premiere at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera
2017-10-24
On 10 November, the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera will be giving the first performance of the show ‘Balety polskie’ [Polish ballets], with music by Eugeniusz Morawski (‘Świtezianka’ [The nymph of Lake Świteź]), Aleksander Tansman (Sextet) and Karol Szymanowski (Violin Concerto No. 2). The choreography was prepared for the Polish National Ballet by Robert Bondara, Jacek Tyski and Jacek Przybyłowicz. The TW-PNO orchestra will be conducted by Łukasz Borowicz.
Muzyka Karola Szymanowskiego w Paragwaju
2017-10-23
On 9 November, works by Karol Szymanowski will be performed in the capital of Paraguay, Asunción. The Orquesta del Congreso Nacional, under the baton of Jorge Luis Uzcátegui, will present the Violin Concerto No. 2 and the 'Symphonie Concertante'.
Coming soon: ‘The Last Judgment’
2017-10-18
Pillaging, violence and dark secrets are all part of the story of Hans Memling’s triptych ‘The Last Judgment’. The history of the painting, shrouded in mystery, inspired the libretto to Krzysztof Knittel’s latest opera, under the same title.
The premiere of ‘Sąd ostateczny’ [The Last judgment], to a libretto by Mirosław Bujko, will be given on 8 November at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk. The chorus, orchestra and ballet of the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk will be led by Szymon Morus. The leading roles will be taken by Robert Gierlach, Piotr Lempa, Jan Jakub Monowid, Anna Mikołajczyk and Magdalena Chmielecka.
PWM Edition and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute at the Music China trade fair in Shanghai
2017-10-15
Last Saturday brought an end to the largest music fair in Asia: Music China, held in Shanghai. Polish music was represented there by PWM Edition and the Fryderyk Chopin Institute (NIFC).
From 11 to 14 October 2017, at a joint PWM/NIFC stand in the Polish pavilion, those two institutions presented a full range of publications. From the extensive PWM catalogue, the most popular works proved to be educational publications (especially those from PWM’s pedagogic series for beginners, with beautiful covers designed by Joanna Rusinek), source editions of the works of Henryk Wieniawski, Karol Szymanowski and Mieczysław Karłowicz, and contemporary music by Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Grażyna Bacewicz, Wojciech Kilar and Roman Maciejewski, as well as younger composers.
Tadeusz Kościuszko – Artist. An album and a concert in tribute to the hero
2017-10-12
Thanks to an exceptional publication issued by PWM Edition, launched on 18 October 2017 during a grand concert at the President’s Palace in Warsaw, we learn of an unfamiliar side to this Polish national hero. The event was organised as part of Kościuszko Year.
Fingers crossed you look here…*
2017-10-10
If so, then I invite you on 15 October to Villa Decius in Cracow. Let’s meet at 5 p.m. for Sławomir Kupczak’s monographic concert. It’ll be magic! We’ll be accompanied by Agata Zubel, Joanna Wicherek, Cezary Duchnowski and Michał Sławecki.
World premiere of Marta Ptaszyńska’s ‘Piano Concerto’
2017-10-04
The countdown has begun to the first performance of Marta Ptaszyńska’s ‘Piano Concerto’, to be given on 27 October in Kalisz. The Kalisz Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by Natalia Ponomarchuk, with Clare Hammond as soloist.
The first Polish performance of John Adams’s ‘Absolute Jest’
2017-10-04
On 3 December, the Apollon Musagète Quartett and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR) under the baton of José Maria Florêncio will be giving the first Polish performance of John Adams’s ‘Absolute Jest’, at the NOSPR concert hall in Katowice.
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The esteemed American-Canadian jazz musician Michael Bates, his Acrobat Ensemble and the Lutosławski Quartet will perform three concerts in Poland in November. The repertoire will include material recorded by the musicians on the album METAMORPHOSES: VARIATIONS ON LUTOSŁAWSKI, released by ANAKLASIS in the REVISIONS series.
The artists have already successfully presented it at Lincoln Center and Barbès Jazz Club in New York. In autumn 2024 we will have the opportunity to hear them live for the first time in Poland: 14.11 - Krakow, 15.11 - Lublin, 17.11 - Wroclaw.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw invites to the inaugural session of the biennial International Digital Musicology Conference, which will be held 23–25 October 2024, at the Fryderyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Poland. The conference focuses on the integration of digital technologies into musicological research, with a special emphasis on introducing digital tools and methods to the Polish academic community, where digital musicology has not yet been widely adopted.
It’ s like a game. The memory game, thanks to which you can look at a very ordinary family from an extraordinary perspective. ALBUM RODZINNY [Family album] – an opera by Jerzy Kornowicz with a libretto by Michał Rusinek – is another premiere of the ANAKLASIS label this year. This time, the record brand is expanding its audience to include the youngest listeners. The album will be released on 21st June.
Time passes constantly, changing the world and its soundscape around us. The title IL TEMPO PASSA may be both a reflection on the impermanence of life, world and things and a piece of advice to enjoy the moment. The latest album by ANAKLASIS presents Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa’s cameral and symphonic works from recent years. Premiere on 28 May 2024, on the composer’s 75th birthday.
It is a musical-literary tale about a quest for identity, truth, and for what makes us human. The new stage work by Aleksander Nowak – which is, at the same time, Radek Rak’s operatic debut – explores the sources of good and evil, fusing reality with mythology and steering towards ‘the left-hand side of the world’. The authors spin a tale about the dual human nature. THE TALE OF THE HEART. FAVOLA IN MUSICA – the album that presents their joint project – will go on sale on 6th October.
Spectacularly successful as Ludomir Różycki’s music was in his lifetime, it is seldom programmed nowadays. All the same, such remarkable art could hardly fall into utter oblivion. It has attracted and fascinated excellent jazz pianist Kuba Stankiewicz, who has translated it into the language of jazz. The effects have been recorded and released on ANAKLASIS label’s most recent album, INSPIRED BY LUDOMIR RÓŻYCKI, which goes on sale as of 28th August.
PWM Edition is entering the execution phase of the revitalisation of its Warsaw department. With the commencement of the renovation and the implementation of the assumptions of the architectural design, the Hire Department and the editorial office of “Ruch Muzyczny” are moving to a temporary headquarters at 19 Wiejska Street, Warsaw.
This is by no means a piece about the centuries-long Polish-German conflict. It is, instead, a tale of impossible love, of tragic conflict between personal happiness and the common good.
PWM Edition resumes cooperation with the Italian publishing house Ricordi, as well as with its international partners forming Universal Music Publishing Classics & Screen. This means that rentals of orchestral materials from the catalogues of all publishing houses belonging to Classics & Screen is carried out in Poland by Dział Zbiorów Nutowych (Sheet Music Department) of PWM.
