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The 4th International Music Festival "Chopin and His Europe": "From Pogorelich to Tchaikowsky"
Date: Friday, 15 August 2008
End date: Sunday, 31 August 2008
Venue: Poland, Warsaw - National Opera, Warsaw - Studio im. Lutos³awskiego, Warsaw - National Philharmonic,
Organizations: National Philharmonic, Capital City of Warsaw, Fryderyk Chopin Institute, PR2, National Opera, |
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Description
Organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, the annual "Chopin and His Europe” Festival will dominate the musical scene of Poland's capital city for the 4th time. This year's edition, titled "From Pogorelich to Tchaikowsky”, will be held from August 15 through August 31 and will include 46 concerts featuring over 200 musicians from more than 20 countries.
Besides Chopin's music the festival will also feature works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt and Tchaikovsky.
It has become the festival's tradition that Chopin's music is performed on instruments from the composer's era. This year, his works will be played on pianos: Erard dating back to 1849, Pleyel from 1838 and Graf, which dates to approximately 1819.
All concerts will be recorded and broadcast via the Polish Radio and the European Radio Union to reach around 10 million music enthusiasts across Europe.
Honorary patronage:
President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Kaczyñski
Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bogdan Zdrojewski
Mayor of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Artistic Director: Stanis³aw Leszczyñski
Program
Friday, 15.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Inaugural Symphonic Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Ivo Pogorelich (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
*
Sergei Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Saturday, 16.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Symphonic Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Katia Skanavi (piano), Nikolai Demidenko (piano), Janusz Olejniczak (piano),
Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
Variations in B flat major on La ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Concerto in D minor KV 466
Aleksandr Skryabin:
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20
Witold Lutos³awski:
Variations on a Theme by Paganini (version on piano and orchestra)
Sunday, 17.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Symphonic Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Dina Yoffe (piano), Maciej Grzybowski (piano), Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
Rondo a la krakowiak in F major, Op. 14
André Tchaikowsky:
Piano Concerto No. 2
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Monday, 18.08.2008, 5.00 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Nikolai Demidenko (pianoforte)
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
Polonaise-Fantasia in A flat major, Op. 61
2 Polonaises
Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35
*
Ballade in F major, Op. 38
Ballade in A flat major, Op. 47
Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
Variations in B flat major on La ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2
Tuesday, 19.08.2008,5 p.m. Piano Recital
Witold Lutos³awski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Dina Yoffe (pianoforte)
Programme
Franz Schubert:
Sonata in D major D 850
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Fryderyk Chopin:
24 Preludes, Op. 28
7.30 p.m. Vocal Recital
Witold Lutos³awski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Andreas Schmidt (bass-baritone), Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Programme
Franz Schubert:
Songs from a cycle Schwanengesang, D 957 (text L. Rellstab)
- Liebesbotschaft
- Kriegers Ahnung
- Frühlingssehnsucht
- Ständchen
- Aufenthalt
- In der Ferne
- Abschied
Robert Schumann:
5 Songs, Op. 40 (text H. Ch. Andersen)
- Märzveilchen
- Muttertraum
- Der Soldat
- Der Spielmann
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Hugo Wolf:
Eichendorff Songs
- Der Freund
- Der Musikant
- Verschwiegene Liebe
- Der Soldat I
- Der Soldat II
- Heimweh
- Nachtzauber
- Der Scholar
- Lieber Alles
- Der verzweifelte Liebhaber
- Unfall
- Seemanns Abschied
Wednesday, 20.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Michie Koyama
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
2 Nocturnes, Op. 9 (No. 1 in B flat minor, No. 2 in E flat major)
Waltz in A minor, Op. posth. [WN 63]
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 67 No. 4
Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3
Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22
*
Nocturne in C sharp minor (Lento con gran espressione) [WN 37]
3 Waltzes, Op. 64 (No. 2 in C sharp minor, No. 3 in A flat major, No. 1 in D flat major)
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 69 No. 1
Waltz in A flat major, Op. 34 No. 1
Waltz in F minor, Op. 70 No. 2 [WN 55]
Waltz in E minor, Op. posth. [WN 29]
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53
Thursday, 21.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), Jan Lisiecki (piano),
Sinfonia Varsovia
Programme
Louis Spohr:
Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 49
Henri Herz:
Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 180
*
Fryderyk Chopin:
Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21
Friday, 22.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Yulianna Avdeeva
Programme
Franz Schubert:
Sonata in A minor, Op. posth. 143, D 784
Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D 780
*
Ferenc Liszt:
Sonata in B minor
Saturday, 23.08.2008, 5 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Wendy Chen
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Mazurka in A flat major, Op. 59 No. 2
Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op. 59 No. 3
Impromptu in F sharp major, Op. 36
Polonaise in A major, Op. 40 No. 1
Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1
Bolero in C major, Op. 19
*
Etude in A flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22
7.30 p.m. Piano recital promoting CDs from a series
'Real Chopin' - Collector's Edition
Witold Lutos³awski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Janusz Olejniczak (Erard, 1849)
Programme
Fryderyk Chopin:
Sonata in B flat minor, Op. 35
Scherzo in B flat minor, Op. 31
Nokturn in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Mazurkas (selection)
Sunday, 24.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Grigory Sokolov
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sonata in F major, K. 280
Sonata in F major, K. 332
*
Fryderyk Chopin:
24 Preludes, Op. 28
Monday, 25.08.2008, 5 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Sergio Tiempo
Programme
Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in D major, Hob. XVI/37
Fryderyk Chopin:
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58
*
Maurice Ravel:
Gaspard de la nuit
Ferenc Liszt:
Consolation No. 3
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
7.30 p.m. Chamber Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Alexander Melnikov (pianoforte), Isabelle Faust (violin), Martin Sandhoff (flute)
Programme
Franz Schubert:
Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C major, D 934
Introduction and Variations on a Theme Trockne Blumen for Flute and Piano, D 802
Fantasy in C major, Op. 15, D 760 Der Wanderer
Tuesday, 26.08.2008,5 p.m. Piano recital
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Kristian Bezuidenhout (pianoforte)
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
John Field:
Nocturnes (selection)
Sonata in E flat major, Op. 1 No. 1
*
Franz Schubert:
4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D 899
No. 1 in C minor
No. 2 in E flat major
No. 3 in G flat major
No. 4 in A flat major
Fryderyk Chopin:
Nocturnes (selection)
7.30 p.m. Symphonic Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Markus Groh (piano), Gilles Vonsattel (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
Programme
Carl Maria Weber:
Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79
Ferenc Liszt:
Piano Concerto in E flat major
*
Béla Bartok:
Piano Concerto No. 2
Wednesday, 27.08.2008, 5 p.m. Piano recital-débuts
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall
Piotr Ró¿añski
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in D minor BWV 903
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Fantasy in C minor, K. 475
Fryderyk Chopin:
Polonaise-Fantasy in A flat major, Op. 61
*
Cézar Franck:
Prélude, choral et fugue
Sofia Gubaidulina:
Chaconne
7.30.p.m. Symphonic Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
Piers Lane (piano), Philippe Giusiano (piano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra,
Antoni Wit (conductor)
Programme
Moritz Moszkowski:
Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 59
Fryderyk Chopin:
Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11
Thursday, 28.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Symphonic Concert
Polish National Opera
Kristian Bezuidenhout (pianoforte), Kevin Kenner (pianoforte), Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 (two finales)
Franz Schubert:
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 Unfinished
*
Fryderyk Chopin:
Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21
Friday, 29.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Symphonic Concert
Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera
Kristian Bezuidenhout (piano), Janusz Olejniczak (piano),
Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen (conductor)
Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Ouverture Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op. 43
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
*
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11
Saturday, 30.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Piano recital
Witold Lutos³awski Polish Radio Concert Studio
Alexei Lubimov (pianoforte)
Programme
Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in C minor Hob. XVI/20
Fantasia in C major Hob. XVII/4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Sonata in D minor KV 311
Fantasia in D minor KV 397
*
Michai³ Glinka:
Variations on theme from Bellini's opera Capuletti e Montecchi
Three Mazurkas
- F major
- As flat major
- C minor
Nocturn La Séparation
Fryderyk Chopin:
Two Waltzes, Op. 64
No. 1 in D flat major
No. 2 in C sharp minor
Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20 No. 1
Sunday, 31.08.2008, 7.30 p.m. Final Symphonic Concert
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall
François-Frédéric Guy (piano), Olli Mustonen (piano),
Dang Thai Son (piano)
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor)
Programme
Olivier Messiaen:
Réveil des oiseaux
Ottorino Respighi:
Concerto in modo misolidio
Fryderyk Chopin:
Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21
Tickets:
Tickets on sale from 28 July 2008 at the Warsaw Philharmonic [Filharmonia Narodowa] in Warsaw and www.ticketonline.pl
Ticket prices:
Concerts at The Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall: 40 PLN, 35 PLN, 30 PLN, 25 PLN, 20 PLN
Concerts at The Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall on 15 and 24 August: 70 PLN, 50 PLN, 30 PLN, 25 PLN, 20 PLN
Concerts at The Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall: 30 PLN, 25 PLN
Concerts at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera: 70 PLN, 50 PLN, 30 PLN
Reductions for students and seniors: - 30 %
Studio S1: 25 PLN
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