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Autumn with Wojciech Kilar's Film Music
2011-09-16
Enjoying great popularity, film music by Wojciech Kilar will celebrate triumphs on the Polish and international music scenes this autumn. In the near future, September 28, 2011 it will feature in the inauguration of a new project by the Gorzów Philharmonic: International Festival of Films About Music KAMERaTON. The orchestra of the local Philharmonic under the direction of Piotr Borkowski will perform pieces of music from the films „Pan Tadeusz”, „Zemsta”, „Smuga cienia”, „Dracula”, „Pianista”, „Trędowata” and „Ziemia obiecana”. This is an interesting initiative, the only festival of its kind in Poland, and one of the few in the world, devoted exclusively to films about music and is the brainchild of the Directorate of the Gorzów Philharmonic. Interest in the Festival, which was born with the rise of the Philharmonic in Gorzów, has exceeded our wildest expectations. In addition to Poland, films have been submitted from Germany, France, Italy, Iceland, Britain, Bulgaria, Latvia, Israel, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary - the organisers inform on their website. During the festival films will be judged in five categories: biographies and portraits of musicians, concerts, recitals, plays, documentaries, film and - artistic impressions and musical education. The event, which is under the patronage of TVP Kultura, will be held from 28 September - 2 October 2011 in the Gorzów Philharmonic.Kilar's music will soon be heard in the UK. September 30, 2011 a young ensemble, Edinburgh Film Music Orchestra conducted by Yati Durant, operating at Edinburgh University will perform a suite of music from the movie "Dracula".
In early October, on the other hand, Kilar’s film music will be welcomed at another festival. This will be the XVI Festival of Polish Composers in Bielsko-Biała, dedicated to the memory of H.M. Górecki who died a year earlier. As Jacek Krywult, President of Bielsko-Biala, mentioned, the composer patronised the festival from the beginning and was its good spirit. This is why we will hear his Third Symphony during the opening concert. The remaining days of the festival - in accordance with what was agreed last year with Professor Górecki – will be filled with film music. And so, 7 October 2011 in a performance by the Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Miroslaw J. Błaszczyk we will hear the music to the films: „Dracula”, „Pan Tadeusz”, „Bilans kwartalny”, „Trędowata”, „Smuga cienia” and „Ziemia obiecana”. The Silesian Philharmonic will repeat the same repertoire on October 15, 2011 in Katowice. The concert, entitled „Arcydzieła ekranu ("Masterpieces of the Screen”), will be held in their temporary home, the “Gallus” Hall, serving the orchestra during the refurbishment of the Philharmonic building.
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