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Sinfonia Iuventus: a journey in the footsteps of composers who created outside Poland
On 1 May, we invite you to the Feliks Nowowiejski Warmia and Mazury Philharmonic in Olsztyn for a concert by the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, established at the initiative of Jerzy Semkow, one of the most outstanding Polish conductors. The orchestra is made up of the most talented graduates of music academies up to the age of 30. It allows them to make an orchestral debut, prepares them for work in similar ensembles and gives them the opportunity to perform under the baton of world-famous conductors and together with excellent soloists.
During the concert held under the Polish Presidency, we will hear works by three composers who created outside Poland. Both Aleksander Tansman and Miłosz Magin, a generation younger, came from Łódź, while their emigration fate was associated mainly with Paris. Both adhered to the neoclassical style and its clear forms, often reaching for Polish motifs, especially evident (including in the form of a quote from Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, National Anthem of Poland) in Tansman’s Polish Rhapsody dedicated to the defenders of Warsaw from 1939; these motifs are also present in the finale of Magin’s Piano Concerto. The orchestra will also perform a symphony by Andrzej Panufnik, who created in Great Britain. The 1985 Sinfonia di Speranza, the ninth one in the composer’s output, was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society. The strictly symmetrical structure of this piece refers to the symbolism of the rainbow arch.
The entire concert will be conducted by Michał Klauza, the artistic director of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw, and the piano part of Magin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by Agnieszka Świgut, a recognised soloist and chamber musician, lecturer at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.
