La Folle Journée de Varsovie: Dramas and whims (39)

Karol Szymanowski Primary and Secondary Music School in Wrocław

PERFORMERS:

Karina Kopała bassoon
Symphony Orchestra of the Karol Szymanowski Primary and Secondary Music School in Wrocław
Marcin Grabosz conductor

PROGRAMME:

Julius Weissenborn Capriccio for bassoon and piano, Op. 14 (arr. for bassoon and orchestra Marcin Grabosz) [8’]
Radosław Broda Genesis [10’]
Joseph Haydn Finale: Spiritoso (mov. IV) from Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104 [7’]

Ignacy Paderewski Music School in Białystok

PERFORMERS:

Eran Kim soprano
Robert Cieśla tenor
Diana Sidoruk violin
Łucja Miszczuk clarinet
Symphony Orchestra of the Ignacy Paderewski Music School in Białystok
Kazimierz Dąbrowski conductor

PROGRAMME:

Georges Bizet Carmen Overture [2’]
Georges Bizet Introduction to Act 2 of the opera Carmen [5’]
Giacomo Puccini Aria Tu, che di gel sei cinta (Liu) from Act 3 of the opera Turandot [3’]
John Williams Schindler’s List Theme (arr. Adam Chomiuk) [4’]
Stanisław Moniuszko Recitativo and Stefan’s aria from Act 3 of the opera The Haunted Manor (Straszny dwór) [8’]
Eugene Bozza Aria [4’]

Szalone Dni Muzyki (La Folle Journée de Varsovie) returns in 2024 with a rich and varied selection of 56 concerts over a period of three days. This year’s festival theme is Origins. And a journey to the origins is a fascinating expedition! We will wander towards nature: to the murmur of gushing water and birdsong, but also to ancient ways of human communication – primordial rhythm or traditional calling and singing. We will look at traditional instruments and folk inspirations in both classical music and jazz. We will reach out to the great works of the classical canon, such as Bach’s Goldberg Variations (no. 51), Mozart’s operas (no. 9), the symphonies of Beethoven and Dvořák (nos. 23, 47), Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (no. 27), Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue (nos. 32, 53) and Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (nos. 1, 48, 55). These are “original” works for the cultural formation of modern audiences, and they are an inexhaustible mine of inspiration for subsequent generations, drawing on these sources to the fullest.