Premiere Prelude: VERDI AND MORE

Each concert in the Premiere Prelude series zeroes in on one opera or ballet composer, offering the audience a different glance at the individuals behind the large-scale dramatic works shown on our stage. Using the more modest, or intimate, medium of chamber music Premiere Preludes speak directly to our feelings and hearts. Held at the Polish National Opera's Redutowe Rooms, these concerts attract both opera and classical music lovers, who sometimes find themselves surprised or even astonished by the new the perspective they are offered. Coming in contact with the subtle fabric of top-quality chamber music is an excellent introduction to the aura of the new productions that are the backbone of the Polish National Opera artistic season.

Four Premiere Prelude concerts are planned in the 2024/2025 season. They will precede the opening of Krzysztof Penderecki's The Black Mask, Giuseppe Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Richard Strauss's Ariadna on Naxos, and the first ballet premiere of the season, Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt. The Grieg recital will feature one of Poland's greatest violin players, the amazing Krzysztof Jakowicz.

PROGRAMME

Andrzej Czajkowski (André Tchaikowsky) Piano Sonata

Giuseppe Verdi Romanza senza parole

Farhad Poupel Fantasy on Themes From Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (world premiere of a piece commissioned by Peter Jablonski)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski/Ronald Stevenson Suite on Themes From Paderewski's Manru

Grażyna Bacewicz Sonata No. 2

PERFORMERS

Peter Jablonski piano