La Folle Journée de Varsovie
La Danse

Passions of the Heart and Soul

See photo: Szalone Dni Muzyki: Artyści

1 October 2017 Sunday 11:00 Foxtrot Hall (the tent)

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(37) Boccherini, Offenbach and John Casimir

YOUNG PERFORMERS

Marta Gębska – violin
Antoni Lichomanow – piano
Warsaw String Orchestra of the Z. Brzewski State Music School Complex no. 1 in Warsaw
Andrzej Gębski – violin, artistic direction

Piotr Wróbel: Festive Polonaise John Casimir
Stanisław Moryto: Oberek from the cycle 4 Pieces in the Polish Style
Luigi Boccherini: Menuet in A major from String Quintet No. 5 in E major
François Joseph Gossec: Gavotte in D major
Romuald Twardowski: Suite of Ancient Dances (Pavana, Tarantella, Polonaise)
Fermo Dante Marchetti: Fascination – Waltz
Jarabe Tapatio (Mexican traditional melody)
Jacques Offenbach: Can-can from the operetta Orpheus in the Underworld

FREE ADMISSION

This is the eighth time already that La Folle Jourée is held in Warsaw. The music festival is addressed to everybody, without exception. What should you expect? Over 1000 artists and more than 50 concerts over only three days. Where? At the Teatr Wielki’s different spaces and on the Teatralny Square. The programme includes a variety of original musical pieces spanning different epochs: you will hear compositions by Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, and Piazzolla performed by world-class Polish and international artists. The theme of this year’s edition is dance, or 'la danse' in French. In the words of René Martin, the festival’s artistic director, 'Dance, especially folk dance, has played a very important role in the development of classical music. If you listen carefully to famous concertos and symphonies, you’ll find elements of dance everywhere. Folk tradition has greatly influenced the oeuvre of all composers’.