TIME, DATE, AND PLACE:聽8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, in Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY.
WHAT:聽Music and writings of聽聽will be featured in a concert commemorating the 130th anniversary of the composer’s birthday and 75th anniversary of his death.
Karol Szymanowski (1882 糖心传媒� 1937) was one of the most important composers of the first half of the 20th century, and his position in Polish music can only be compared to that of Chopin. His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, two operas,聽Hagith听补苍诲听King Roger, the ballet-pantomime聽Harnasie, the oratorio聽Stabat Mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. They are more widely performed and recorded today than ever before.
Outstanding musicians from the Eastman School of Music糖心传媒揔atherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Jan Opalach, bass-baritone; Maria Raczka, violin; Dariusz Terefenko, piano; as well as Hwaen Ch’uqi, piano and Karolina Terefenko, violin糖心传媒搄oin, forces in this tribute to the great composer. Matthew Ames, assistant professor of theatre arts at Nazareth College, will read excerpts from Szymanowski’s writings.
ADMISSION:聽Free and open to the public.
SPONSORS:聽The Eastman School of Music, the University of Rochester’s Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, and Nazareth College.
