La Folle Journée de Varsovie: Little Basil’s Night Serenade (10)

Family concert (3–8) / Orchestral concert

Performances

PROGRAMME:

Who among us doesn't like music in the evening? Some insects and birds say goodbye to the day with their cawing and beautiful trebles before going for their nightly rest. Mothers hum lullabies to their children at bedtime. When we light a bonfire on summer evenings, conversations over the cheerful flames easily turn into singing. Concert halls open their doors to listeners mainly in the evenings. And although Basil the dragon invites his friends to a concert before noon, he promises to conjure up the most interesting and beautiful music of the night. The word “conjure” is no mistake: as befits a fairytale hero, Basil knows many legends from all over the world and is not afraid of meeting magical creatures, be it the bear from Béla Bartók's suite, the skeletons from a piece by Camille Saint-Saëns or the phantom from Manuel de Falla's music. And courage and good humour will be added to the dragon and his guests by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's famous Little Night Serenade.

PERFORMERS:

Little Basil The Dragon
Sinfonia Varsovia
Grzegorz Wierus conductor
Malina Sarnowska host

The revolutionary concept of La Folle Journée consists in a dizzying number of short concerts in the span of a few days with an appealing repertoire and affordable ticket prices. All of that attracts large crowds of new listeners to the concert halls in a spectacular fashion. Every year, thousands of people gather at the Polish Opera, Teatr Wielki on the last weekend of September to listen to concerts of their choice from dozens of available events.The festival has gained the reputation of the biggest classical music feast in Poland. Many regular and occasional concertgoers spend the whole year waiting for it.

It is the only festival in the country that combines symphonic and chamber concerts performed by the brightest stars of classical music with a broad educational repertoire that gathers together the most gifted young musicians from across Poland. Every year, around 1000 artists perform during the festival and are listened to by nearly 40 000 audience members.

The theme of this year's 13th edition of the festival is Ode to the Night.

FULL LIST OF PARTNERS OF LA FOLLE JOURNÉE DE VARSOVIE

Sponsors

  • Organizator

  • Festiwal Szalone Dni Muzyki 2023 dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. Zrealizowano we współpracy z Narodowym Centrum Kultury

  • Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego pochodzących z Funduszu Promocji Kultury w ramach programu „Muzyka”, realizowanego przez Narodowy Instytut Muzyki i Tańca.

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