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2018-11-03 13:49:00
Polish Independence BBC SO - Elgar Paderewski Szymański Lutosławski
Celebrating Polish Independence Day in advance, Paderewski, Szymański and Lutosławski with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michał Nesterowicz at the Barbican and on BBC R3. To start, Edward Elgar's Polonia op76 (1915), a statement of hope, written at a time when Poland didn't yet exist except as part of the Austrian and Russian Empires. It blends themes from Chopin and Paderewski in a mix of grand orchestral music, mazurkas and marches with quotations from Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, the Warszawianka and other Polish patriotic songs. Though Polonia might not be Elgar premier cru, it's a showpiece, good for occasions like this, reminding us that the connections between Britain and Poland go back a long way.. In this wave of post Brexit racism, we must recognised that Poles are not "the enemy" but very much part of the community. Thousands of Poles escaped to Britain, either from pogroms in […]
2018-11-01 07:15:12
100th anniversary of Polish independence
Paweł Szymański, photo: Marek Suchecki / Ruch Muzyczny / Forum 1918 marks a number of other significant anniversaries, and on 2 November 2018 the BBC Symphony Orchestra will be marking the 100th anniversary of Polish independence with a concert at the Barbican.Conducted by Michał Nesterowicz, the orchestra will give the premiere of Fourteen Points, a new work by Paweł Szymański inspired by Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, the President’s famous statement of principles for peace following World War Im which contributed to the foundation of the modern state of Poland. In the piece, Szymański reflects not just on Polish Independence, but also on President Wilson’s vision of peace and stability for Europe, almost unimaginable after the war in 1918. Szymański will not be drawn on whether there is direct reference to Wilson’s Fourteen Points in the music, but invites people to be free in how they interpret his music.The programme is completed […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-02-23 17:50:00
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique | Maurice Ravel: Tzigane | Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor | Guillaume Connesson: Flammenschrift – Benjamin Beilman, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin – Saturday, February 24, 2018, 08:00 PM EST (UTC-5) / Sunday, February 25, 2018, 3:00 AM EET (UTC+2) – Live on Livestream
[…] highlights have included a return San Francisco Symphony, and debuts with Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony and Nashville Symphony orchestras. In 2016-2017 he returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra to perform with Nézet-Séguin both in subscription concerts at Kimmel Center and at Carnegie Hall, and with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra he performed the world premiere of In Silence by Elizabeth Ogonek, as part of CSO's MusicNOW series. Conductors that Beilman has worked with include Gabel, Nesterowicz, Valčuha, Shani, Urbanksi amongst others.Beilman performs regularly in recital and chamber music, appearing at halls such as Wigmore Hall, Stockholm Concert Hall, Louvre (Paris), Rudolfinum (Prague), Philharmonie (Berlin) and at festivals including Verbier, Aix-en-Provence Easter, Colmar, Moritzburg, Heidelberg and in 2017 he made his debut at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw in the Robeco Summer Concerts in trio with Louis Schwizgebel and Narek Hakhnazaryan. In the US Beilman performs regularly at Carnegie Hall and is a frequent […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-02-21 05:20:00
Claude Debussy: La mer, & Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Camille Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No.3 in B minor | Henri Rabaud: La procession nocturne – Benjamin Beilman, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin – Friday, February 23, 2018, 10:45 AM EST (UTC-5) / 05:45 PM EET (UTC+2) – Live on Livestream
[…] highlights have included a return San Francisco Symphony, and debuts with Dallas Symphony, Atlanta Symphony and Nashville Symphony orchestras. In 2016-2017 he returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra to perform with Nézet-Séguin both in subscription concerts at Kimmel Center and at Carnegie Hall, and with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra he performed the world premiere of In Silence by Elizabeth Ogonek, as part of CSO's MusicNOW series. Conductors that Beilman has worked with include Gabel, Nesterowicz, Valčuha, Shani, Urbanksi amongst others.Beilman performs regularly in recital and chamber music, appearing at halls such as Wigmore Hall, Stockholm Concert Hall, Louvre (Paris), Rudolfinum (Prague), Philharmonie (Berlin) and at festivals including Verbier, Aix-en-Provence Easter, Colmar, Moritzburg, Heidelberg and in 2017 he made his debut at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw in the Robeco Summer Concerts in trio with Louis Schwizgebel and Narek Hakhnazaryan. In the US Beilman performs regularly at Carnegie Hall and is a frequent […]
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