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2023-07-15 16:23:12
24 hours at Cheltenham and a chance to hear music by Schnittke, Kilar, Caroline Shaw in performances from Manchester Collective & Laura van der Heijden. The post appeared first on Thoroughly Good Classical Music .
2021-10-31 16:09:16
Wojciech Kilar: Dracula – The Beginning Context Polish composer Wojciech Kilar composed the music for the 1992 Gothic horror film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, which starred the likes of Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves. Apart from the closing song, which was written and performed by Annie Lennox, Kilar’s soundtrack […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-10-07 07:26:31
Joy & Devotion: festival of Polish Sacred Music from 13th century to contemporary
Joy & Devotion is a new festival taking place at St-Martin-in-the-Fields from 2 to 5 November 2021 under the artistic directorship of Paweł Łukaszewski. Presented by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, this is a new annual festival devoted to Polish sacred music from the medieval to the contemporary. The oldest works to be performed at the Festival, 15th century Jerzy Liban’s Ortus de Polonia and 13th century Wincenty of Kielcza’s Gaude Mater Polonia, will be included in Nigel Short and Tenebrae's programme, along with 16th century composer Marcin Leopolita’s Missa Paschalis, the earliest known example of Polish six-part choral polyphony, plus music by Łukaszewski, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933-2010) and Wojciech Kilar (1932-2013). Owain Park and the Gesualdo Six will be performing Krzystof Borek’s 16th century Missa Mater Matris, based on Josquin's mass of the same name, alongside two premieres by Aleksander Jan Szopa and Łukasz Farcinkiewicz, plus music by Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), Roxanna Panufnik and post-WWII organist and improviser Marian Sawa(1937-2005). […]
2021-08-18 09:06:06
High Energy: an evening of firsts from the Manchester Collective and Mahan Esfahani at the BBC Proms
[…] drum solo from Alan Taylor opened the final movement which as fast and jazzy with a very, very busy harpsichord part under which all sorts of fun happened in the strings. A terrific piece which deserves more outings and certainly makes you wonder about the rest of Horovitz' output, there are at least six more concertos for a start. The enthusiastic response of the audience was rewarded with an encore, Orawa by Polish compser Wojciech Kilar. The programme is currently on BBC Sounds. Never miss out on future posts by following us The blog is free, but I'd be delighted if you were to show your appreciation by buying me a coffee. Elsewhere on this blog 'a time of enhanced creativity - and constrained opportunity' - Stuart MacRae's Prismatic - record review From RVW in the woods to Adina's wellness spa: Waterperry Opera Festival 2021 - […]
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