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.

Eugeniusz Morawski, Aleksander Tansman and Karol Szymanowski – outstanding Polish composers, who helped to forge the musical landscape of the inter-war period. […] Their works, juxtaposed in an evening of Polish ballets, produced by three choreographers of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, convey Poland’s hope and energy following the regaining of independence in 1918. That is worth remembering, particularly in connection with the forthcoming centenary of that event.

(from the TW-PNO)

For more on ‘Polish Ballets’, see TW-PNO.