Krzysztof Penderecki
Photo: Martin Hoffmeister / ICMA
Polish capital Warsaw will host a Penderecki Festival, 17–23 November 2013, marking the composer’s 80th birthday. With the participation of such stars as Anne Sophie Mutter, Julian Rachlin, Daniel Müller-Schott, Thomas Bauer, Yuri Bashmet, Claudio Bohórquez and conductors Valery Gergiev, Charles Dutoit, Lorin Maazel, Leonard Slatkin, Marek Janowski, Jesús López-Cobos, Jiří Bělohlávek and Lawrence Foster, the festival will be the highlight of the birthday celebrations.Krzysztof Penderecki was born November 23, 1933 in Dębica. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these works exhibit novel compositional techniques. Since the 1970s Penderecki’s style has changed to encompass a post-Romantic idiom. As well as the works already mentioned, his compositions include four operas, seven symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
Sunday, 17 November, 6:00 pm
The Royal Castle, Plac Zamkowy 4
3 Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano
Darko Brlek – clarinet
Marek Bracha – piano
String Quintet
Kwartet Dafô
Justyna Duda (violin), Danuta Augustyn (violin), Aneta Dumanowska (viola), Anna Armatys (cello)
Jurek Dybał – double-bass
Suite for Cello Solo
Danjulo Ishizaka – cello
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Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, String Trio and Piano
Michel Lethiec – clarinet
André Cazalet – French horn
Julian Rachlin – violin
Yuri Bashmet – viola
Maja Bogdanovic – cello
Barry Douglas – piano
Monday, 18 November, 7:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Sinfonietta per archi
Sinfonietta No. 2
Massimo Mercelli – flute
Andres Mustonen – conductor
Sinfonia Varsovia
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Violin Concerto No. 2 “Metamorphosen”
Julian Rachlin – violin
Lawrence Foster – conductor
Sinfonia Varsovia
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Symphony No. 4
Lorin Maazel – conductor
Sinfonia Varsovia
Tuesday, 19 November, 7:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Dimensions of Time and Silence
Jerzy Maksymiuk – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
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Double Concerto for Violin and Viola
Fumiaki Miura – violin
Julian Rachlin – viola
Rafael Payare – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
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Three Chinese Songs for Baritone and Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Bauer – baritone
Long Yu – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
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Symphony No. 2 “Christmas”
Marek Janowski – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Wednesday, 20 November, 5:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Chamber Music Hall, ul. Moniuszki 5
Krzysztof Penderecki
Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio
Michel Lethiec – clarinet
Shanghai Quartet
Cadenza per viola sola
Grigori Zhyslin – viola
Aulis Sallinen (1935)
Baumgesang mit Epilog
Arto Noras – cello
Barry Douglas – piano
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2
String Quartet No. 3 “Leaves from an Unwritten Diary”
Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio
Michel Lethiec – clarinet
Shanghai Quartet
Weigang Li (violin), Yi-Wen Jiang (violin), Honggang Li (viola), Nicholas Tzavaras (cello)
Wednesday, 20 November, 7:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
De Natura Sonoris III
Rafael Payare – conductor
The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
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Flute Concerto
Łukasz Długosz – flute
Jesús López-Cobos – conductor
The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
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Largo for Cello and Orchestra
Claudio Bohórquez – cello
Massimiliano Valdés – conductor
The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
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Symphony No. 8 “Lieder der Vergänglichkeit” (Songs of Transience)
Michaela Kaune – soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis – mezzo-soprano
Mariusz Godlewski – baritone
Jiří Bělohlávek – conductor
Krakow Philharmonic Choir
The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
Thursday, 21 November, 5:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Chamber Music Hall, ul. Moniuszki 5
Paul Patterson (1947)
PPP (Penderecki’s Party Piece)
Aleksandra Kuls – violin
Aleksandra Świgut – piano
Krzysztof Penderecki
Violin Sonata No. 1
Agata Szymczewska – violin
Justyna Danczowska – piano
Violin Sonata No. 2
Julian Rachlin – violin
Itamar Golan – piano
Thursday, 21 November, 7:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
Canticum Canticorum Salomonis for Sixteen-part Mixed Choir and Chamber Orchestra
Strophes for Soprano, Speaker and 10 Instruments
Psalms of David for Mixed Choir, String Instruments and Percussion
Marek Moś – conductor
Olga Pasiecznik – soprano
Camerata Silesia The Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble
Anna Szostak – choir master
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy
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Seven Gates of Jerusalem. Symphony No. 7
Izabela Matuła – soprano
Izabela Kłosińska – soprano
Helena Zubanovich – mezzo-soprano
Adam Zdunikowski – tenor
Wojtek Gierlach – bass
Alberto Mizrahi – narrator
Jacek Kaspszyk – conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Friday, 22 November, 5:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Chamber Music Hall, ul. Moniuszki 5
Agnus Dei version for 8 cellos
Arto Noras – cello
Daniel Müller-Schott – cello
Magdalena Bojanowicz – cello
Bartosz Koziak – cello
Karolina Jaroszewska – cello
Marcin Zdunik – cello
Tomasz Daroch – cello
Marta Kordykiewicz – cello
Ivan Monighetti – conductor
Sinfonietta No. 3
Viola Concerto (cello version)
Serenade for strings
Rafał Kwiatkowski – cello
Maciej Żółtowski – conductor
Radom Chamber Orchestra
Friday, 22 November, 7:00 pm
Warsaw Philharmonic – Concert Hall, ul. Sienkiewicza 10
De Natura Sonoris II
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra “Winterreise” (Winter Journey)
Radovan Vlatković – French horn
Leonard Slatkin – conductor
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
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Violin Concerto No. 1
Konstanty Andrzej Kulka – violin
Gabriel Chmura – conductor
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
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Kaddish
Olga Pasiecznik – soprano
Alberto Mizrahi – cantor
Daniel Olbrychski – narrator
Alexander Liebreich – conductor
Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Saturday, 23 November, 10:00 am
St. John’s Archcathedral, ul. Świętojańska 8
Holy Mass concelebrated by
Archbishop Józef Kowalczyk metropolita Primate of Poland and Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz
Missa Brevis (Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus, Benedictus, Benedicamus Domino, Agnus Dei)
Jan Łukaszewski – conductor
Polish Chamber Choir
Saturday, 23 November, 7:00 pm
Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, Plac Teatralny 1
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Krzysztof Urbański – conductor
Sinfonia Varsovia
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Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass
Anne-Sophie Mutter – violin
Roman Patkoló – double bass
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Concerto Grosso for 3 Cellos and Orchestra
Arto Noras – cello
Ivan Monighetti – cello
Daniel Müller-Schott – cello
Charles Dutoit – conductor
Sinfonia Varsovia
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Credo
Valery Gergiev – conductor
Iwona Hossa – soprano I
Ewa Vesin – soprano II
Agnieszka Rehlis – mezzo-soprano
Krystian Krzeszowiak – tenor
Nikolay Didenko – bass
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Choir of the Teatr Wielki – National Opera
Warsaw Boys Choir
Sinfonia Varsovia
