La Folle Journée de Varsovie – Singing Hollywood

THE PROGRAMME

Henry Mancini Peter Gunn from the film Blues Brothers  

Andrew Lloyd Webber King Herod's Song from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar

Henry Mancini Moon River from the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s 

Krzysztof Komeda Lullaby from the film Rosemary’s Baby
 
Wojciech KilarVocalise from the film The Ninth Gate

Wojciech Kilar Waltz from the film Promised Land

Alan Silvestri Forrest Gump from the film Forrest Gump 

Galt MacDermot Hair Theme from the musical Hair 

Lalo Schifrin Mission Impossible

Henryk Wars Ach jak przyjemnie from the film The Forgotten Melody

Władysław Szpilman W małym kinie

Franck Pourcel / Paul Mauriat I will follow Him

Edwin Hawkins Oh happy day 

PERFORMERS:

Mixed Choir and Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music School Complex in Łódź 

Dawid Ber, Maria Hubluk-Kaszuba chorus master
 
Grzegorz Wierus conductor

The 9th edition of the world's largest classical music festival will arrive to Warsaw on the last weekend of September, having stopped over in France, Japan, and Russia. In the course of three festival days, the event's 55 concerts will welcome nearly 1000 artists from across the globe. 

'This year we focus on composers who left their home countries, either for political or personal reasons, searching for a new land to live and work in,' says René Martin, the originator and artistic director of the festival. 'In Warsaw, Poland, where we now celebrate 100 since the country regained its sovereignty, this theme has a special significance. For that reason, Polish music will be strongly present in the concert's programmes,' adds Janusz Marynowski, director of Sinfonia Varsovia.