Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin - From the Reviewer's Notebook

From Chopin to Moniuszko All Photos Wojciech Grzedzinski And so another fine edition of  Chopin and His Europe  (Chopin i jego Europa) concludes with a concert that was rather inspiring and certainly expressing optimistic signs for the future of orchestral music in Warsaw. Many fine concerts ahead! 0 1.09.19 Sunday 20:00 Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall Symphonic Concert Performers Alena Baeva  violin Andrey Boreyko  conductor Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Program Witold Lutosławski Symphonic Variations Probably, there are many works that can be indicated is symbolic final of the interwar period in music. However, perhaps the Symphonic Variations by Witold Lutosławski deserves a special place. The composer created this orchestral firework in 1936 and we can hear references to Szymanowski’s music in it. I was sonically overwhelmed by this performance and am constantly astonished at the vivid musical imagination, the scope of h