Feliks Janiewicz News
Polish composer and violinist
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- Russian Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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2021-03-08 09:34:02
Felix Yaniewicz: the discovery of one of his square pianos has spurred on research into this celebrated violin virtuoso and composer
The Yaniewicz and Green square piano which spurred Josie Dixon's research into her ancestor Just over a year ago, Josie Dixon came across an advertisement for a square piano dated c.1810 bearing the label Yaniewicz and Green. Now Felix Yaniewicz was Josie Dixon's great-great-great-great-grandfather, and the discovery of the square piano has prompted her to do more research into Felix Yaniewicz, setting up a website and planning an exhibition in Edinburgh next year. Felix Yaniewicz was a Polish-Lithuanian violin virtuoso and composer (born Feliks Janiewicz), who came to this country in the late eighteenth century and co-founded the first Edinburgh Music Festival in 1815. He was heard and admired in Vienna by the tenor Michael Kelly (who sang in the premiere of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro), performed in the Salomon Orchestra in London under Haydn's direction as well as playing solos, and once in Edinburgh he remained there until […]
2013-04-29 07:00:51
Classical music Q&A: Retiring UW-Madison violin professor Tyrone Greive discusses his long career, his research into Polish music and Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 that he will perform twice this weekend. Plus there is FREE early music, percussion music and clarinet music at the UW this week.
[…] .) Do you have a favorite Polish composer? I have heard pieces by Wieniawski and Lutosławski, and they are quite beautiful. It is almost impossible to choose one favorite. Just to name a select few besides those whom you mention, I really enjoy the Baroque ensemble music of Adam Jarzębski , Marcin Mielczewski and Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (particularly his sonata for two violins and continuo), the classical solo and ensemble music by Feliks Janiewicz (especially the second of his five violin concertos), Jan Kleczyński and Franciszek Lessel , the romantic sonatas, miniatures and chamber music of Ignacy Jan Paderewski , Juliusz Zarębski and Mieczysław Karłowicz, and the varied 20th century styles represented by Poldowski (Irena Wieniawska/Lady Dean Paul), Artur Malawski, Grażyna Bacewicz (below), Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and Romuld Twardowski. The large number of truly effective transcriptions of Frédéric Chopin’s piano music constitutes a special category. What […]
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