La Folle Journée de Varsovie: Pictures from the East (54)

The 14th edition of the Festival: ORIGINS | TICKETS AVAILABLE ON EVENTIM.PL

29 September 2024 Sunday 19:30 AIR Hall (Senatorska 18b, Church) Free Admittance

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PERFORMERS:

Geister Duo:
David Salmon piano
Manuel Vieillard piano

PROGRAMME:

Robert Schumann Pictures from the East (Bilder aus Osten) for four hands, Op. 66 [22’]
I. Lebhaft
II. Nicht schnell und sehr gesangvoll zu spielen
III. Im Volkston
IV. Nicht schnell
V. Lebhaft
VI. Reuig andächtig

Antonín Dvořák From the Bohemian Forest (Ze Šumavy) for four hands, Op. 68 (choice) [15’]
I. In the Spinning-Room (Na přástkách): Allegro molto
V. Silent Woods (Klid): Lento e molto cantabile
VI. From Troublous Times (Z bouřlivých dob): Allegro con fuoco

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.