EXHIBITION: Alternative Music. Speculative histories of music

Galeria Okno na Kulturę Krakowskie Przedmieście 17, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

The "Alternative Music" exhibition presents speculative, alt-historical scenarios for the development of music, standing in contrast to a hierarchical vision of cultural progress, in which we consider current musical conventions - paraphrasing Leibniz - to…

The Sixteen: Heavenly harmonies

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum, Sala Wielka plac Zamkowy 4, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

The surviving works of composers active in the centers of 16th- and 17th-century Poland are primarily religious works. They were performed during liturgies held with Polish kings in Cracow's Wawel Cathedral and Warsaw's Collegiate Church…

Solamente Naturali: Musica Globus

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum, Sala Wielka plac Zamkowy 4, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Solamente Naturali's Musica globus program weaves the story of Geor Philipp Teleman's stay in Upper Silesia at the court of Count Promnitz. The visit inspired the composer to combine music composed for the court with…

The Sixteen: Heavenly harmonies

NOSPR plac Wojciecha Kilara 1, Katowice, Poland

The surviving works of composers active in the centers of 16th- and 17th-century Poland are primarily religious works. They were performed during liturgies held with Polish kings in Cracow's Wawel Cathedral and Warsaw's Collegiate Church…

La Tempête: Nocturne

Kościół Wszystkich Świętych plac Grzybowski 3/5, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

From Darkness to Light. Steeped in thousands of years of Orthodox tradition, Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" was written in 1915, against the backdrop of political turmoil in the composer's home country and the beginning of…

Dobrawa Czocher & Guests

Mała Warszawa Otwocka 14, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

She combines excellent cello technique with unlimited imagination and expression. Dobrawa Czocher - cellist, composer, graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. In 2023,…

La Tempête: Nocturne

Bazylika oo. Dominikanów w Lublinie ul. Złota 9, Lublin, Poland

From Darkness to Light. Steeped in thousands of years of Orthodox tradition, Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" was written in 1915, against the backdrop of political turmoil in the composer's home country and the beginning of…

Mykietyn: The St. Mark Passion.

Filharmonia Narodowa, Sala Koncertowa Jasna 5, Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland

The Passion According to St. Mark Pawel Mykietyn's work is both a part of the great Passion tradition and a symbol of revolutionary changes in the genre. From the choice of text, based on all…

Penderecki: Black Mask

Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa plac Teatralny 1, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Krzysztof Penderecki can build fascinating worlds in his operas. His third stage work, Black Mask, takes us back in time, to the town of Bolkenhain (now Bolków) in Lower Silesia.

Kwartludium & Jacaszek: Kolchida

Mała Warszawa Otwocka 14, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Colchis - the land on the coast of the Black Sea, the destination of the Argonauts' expedition for the Golden Fleece. The musical heritage present in the area inspired the Kwartludium ensemble and Michal Jacaszek…