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23 November - Krzysztof Penderecki's Birthday
2013-10-21
On 23 November Krzysztof Penderecki will celebrate his 80th birthday. On that day, as part of the Krzysztof Penderecki Festival which is taking place in Warsaw from 17-23 November, we will hear "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima", "Duo Concertante", "Concerto Grosso" and "Credo" – the performers for the last work will be led by Valery Gergiev. The Grand Finale concert will be preceded by a Holy Mass at 10am at the Cathedral of St. John concelebrated by Father Józef Kowalczyk and Cardinal Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz. During the Mass, we will hear the "Missa Brevis" performed by the Polish Chamber Choir, conducted by Jan Łukaszewski.In the evening, at 7pm in the Grand Theatre-National Opera the Festival Finale concert will start, during which we will hear:
- „Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima” (Krzysztof Urbański – conductor, Sinfonia Varsovia)
- „Duo concertante” for violin and double bass (Anne-Sophie Mutter – violin, Roman Patkoló – double bass)
- „Concerto grosso” for three celli and orchestra (Arto Noras – cello, Ivan Monighetti – cello, Daniel Müller-Schott – cello, Charles Dutoit – conductor, Sinfonia Varsovia)
- „Credo” (Valery Gergiev – conductor, Iwona Hossa – soprano I, Ewa Vesin – soprano II, Agnieszka Rehlis – mezzosoprano, Krystian Krzeszowiak – tenor, Nikolay Didenko – bass, Choir of the National Philharmonic, Choir of the Grand Theatre - National Opera, Warsaw Boys Choir, Sinfonia Varsovia).
Detailed programme of the festival under this link.
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