Events for November 20 - November 19

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…

Elīna Garanča

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

Named "the best Carmen in 25 years" by the New York Times. Elīna Garanča has reigned on opera stages for more than two decades as one of the most outstanding mezzo-sopranos. The concert program was…

Skalpel: Kohelet – Illuminations

Mała Warszawa Otwocka 14, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Illuminating works from ancient centuries like modern illumination of Gothic cathedrals at night. Such was the task undertaken by the Skalpel duo, which took on the works performed by Adam Strug and the Monodia Polska…

Bastarda: Beyond the Present

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

Religious music from the 15th and 16th centuries. This is the program of the Bastard ensemble's concert. In addition to contemporary interpretations of compositions by Peter of Grudziądz - one of the most prominent composers of the era - we will hear musical material from the Wroclaw cancionale by Valentin Triller, which the ensemble prepared at the special request of the National Cultural Center.

Heroines of Polish music

POLIN Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich Mordechaja Anielewicza 6, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Composer, pedagogue, conductor, but also director of cultural institutions, politician, in 1997-1999 Minister of Culture and Arts. Joanna Wnuk-Nazarova is celebrating her 75th anniversary this year. The concert dedicated to her is a pretext to…

C. Marti & M. Gondko: Fantasiae, Cantiones et Coreae

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

Lute and harpsichord - is there anything more evocative of early music? In the repertoire of the concert pearls of Polish Renaissance music, presented in their instrumental versions. Compositions that in the 16th century were…

Venceslao, re di Polonia

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

In 1725, a five-act opera by Venetian composer Antonio Caldara with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno was premiered at the imperial court in Vienna. Venceslao re di Polonia disappeared from the stage immediately afterwards. Martyna…

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…