FULL Paweł Szymański’s 70th birthday Warsaw 2024 Daniel Oktawian Piotrowski
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Paweł Szymański's 70th birthday
- Composer: Szymański Paweł
- Libretto:
- Venue & Opera Company: Polish Radio Concert Studio. Witold Lutosławski, Warsaw, Poland
- Recorded: March 28, 2024
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Daniel Oktawian Piotrowski
- Conductor:
- Orchestra: various ensembles
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Polish Radio
- Date Published: 2024
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Paweł Szymański (born March 28 , 1954 in Warsaw ) – Polish contemporary composer. One of the greatest living Polish creators of contemporary music . A representative of the post-Modenist trend called surconventionalism . He was awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis (2005) , and since 2011 he has been an honorary member of the Polish Composers’ Union . From 2021, an active member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Program:
▪ Two studies for piano (1986), performed by Simon Ghraichy – piano
▪ Photography from a birthday party (Silesian Quartet with the Shadow of Bartók) (1998), performed by Royal String Quartet: Izabela Szałaj-Zimak – 1st violin, Elwira Przybyłowska – 2nd violin, Paweł Czarny – viola, Michał Pepol – cello
▪ Composing a fugue suddenly interrupted by the ghost of Franz Liszt (2020), performed by Matangi String Quartet: Maria-Paula Majoor – 1st violin, Hannelore De Vuyst – 2nd violin, Karsten Kleijer – viola, Arno van der Vuurst – cello
▪ Recalling a serenade (1996), performed by Hashtag Ensemble: Adam Eljasiński – clarinet, Kamil Staniczek and Marta Piórkowska – violin, Aleksandra Demowska-Madejska – viola, Dominik Płociński – cello
▪ Villanelle (1981), performed by Daniel Oktawian Piotrowski – countertenor, Agnieszka Podłucka and Natalia Reichert – violas, Małgorzata Sarbak – harpsichord
▪ Five pieces for string quartet (1992), performed by Matangi String Quartet
▪ and a birthday gift for the composer from Michał Pepol – 70 x Szymański. One piece for string quartet, performed by: Royal String Quartet