Pologne en France
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Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund.
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
20.11.2020
Penderecki’s Sinfonietta(s) — PREMIERE!!!
Penderecki’s Sinfonietta(s) is a tribute to one of the greatest masters of contemporary music ― Krzysztof Penderecki, who passed away shortly prior to the release of this recording.
The works on this album underscore the composer’s very close ties to the Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Krakow Sinfonietta Cracovia (which come only into being thanks to the tremendous support of Penderecki and his wife Elżbieta) and his special relationship with the Sinfonietta’s director and chief conductor, Jurek Dybał, the founder and director of the International Krzysztof Penderecki Festival – Level 320. All the works were recorded in the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice (Poland), which contains a concert hall with excellent acoustics that was built under Penderecki’s personal supervision.
At the heart of Dybał’s and the Sinfonietta’s musical statement is the premiere recording of the Sinfonietta No. 3, Leaves of an Unwritten Diary. The piece is an emotional composer’s journey through memories of his life and childhood and symbolizes unexplored opportunities as described through music.
All the included compositions have been thoroughly worked on in many performances and rehearsals that were supervised by Penderecki. Over the course of its 25 years, the orchestra has performed most of Penderecki’s orchestral works under the Master himself, as well as under other artists, such as the Sinfonietta’s guest conductors Rafael Payare and John Axelrod, and of course its current chief conductor Jurek Dybał: an acclaimed, charismatic conductor who has collaborated with a number of the world’s leading orchestras (e.g. Beethoven Orchester Bonn, Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, L’Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova) and who is also a long-time musician of the Vienna Philharmonic. The principal clarnetist of the legendary Viennese orchestra, Daniel Ottensamer, joined Dybał and his Krakow orchestra to record Sinfonietta No. 2 for clarinet and string orchestra as the soloist.
All the Sinfoniettas on this album are the composer’s own orchestrated versions of his chamber music pieces, namely his String Trio, Clarinet Ouartet and String Quartet No. 3, which makes them extremely demanding to perform in their orchestral versions, yet vivid and colorful to listen to. The pieces that round out this recording have a considerably different origins. There are Three Pieces in Old Style, which were token from Penderecki’s music for Wojciech Has’ film The Saragossa Manuscript. They were written as a playful repartee to those music critics who had questioned Penderecki’s ability to write ‚proper’, tonal music. This is accompanied by the very touching Agnus Dei from the Polish Requiem, a piece that is particularly dear to the orchestra’s heart. The Agnus Dei was originally set for a capella chorus and is presented here in the composer’s authorized arrangement for strings made by Boris Pergamenschikow.
„After the Maestro’s passing, his diary will rema in unwritten” says Jurek Dybał. „But we will fill it with performances of his marvelous music and do our best to continue his legacy. This album is just a beginning of this journey.”
The album is available on CD and LP at Empik store, iTunes Store and streaming services: Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Empik Music, Youtube Music and Deezer:
https://sinfoniettacracovia.lnk.to/PendereckisSinfoniettas
7.08.2020
Virtual Concert no. 38
31.07.2020
Virtual Concert no. 37
24.07.2020
Virtual Concert no. 36
17.07.2020
Virtual Concert no. 35
10.07.2020
Virtual Concert no. 34
9.07.2020
Virtual Concert no. 33
7.07.2020
Composition Competition — verdict
We have the pleasure to announce the jury of the 6. International Composition Competition Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki, consisted of:
- Elżbieta Penderecka ‒ Honorary Chairwoman,
- Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa,
- Eugeniusz Knapik,
- Marcel Chyrzyński,
- Jurek Dybał,
has reached its verdict, awarding the first prize ex æquo to Mr. Andrea Mattevi (Italy) and Mr. Robin Lilja (Sweden) for compositions both titled Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki.
The compositions of the first prize laureates will receive its premiere during the 6th edition of the Sinfonietta Festival, which dates will announced in the next few weeks.
Our congratulations go out to the winners.
We would also like to most sincerely thank the other Competition’s Participants for submitting their compositions.
4.07.2020
International Composition Competition — de-anonymizing
URGENT : TO THE COMPOSITION COMPETITION’S APPLICANTS
Dear Sir or Madam,
due to unforeseen technical difficulties connected with applications’ submission for The International Composition Competition Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage à Krzysztof Penderecki we kindly ask Applicants who marked their applications with emblems: UND3721, Civis1, K2 1954 and sandwich to re-submit their applications (including re-uploading required materials) via online form until 30 June.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience.
3.07.2020
Virtual concert No. 32
26.06.2020
Virtual concert No. 31
16.06.2020
Virtual concert No. 30
12.06.2020
Virtual concert No. 29
10.06.2020
Virtual concert No. 28
4.06.2020
Virtual concert No. 27
2.06.2020
Virtual concert No. 26
28.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 25
19.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 24
16.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 23
14.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 22
12.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 21
9.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 20
7.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 19
5.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 18
02.05.2020
Virtual concert No. 17
29.04.2020
Virtual concert No. 16
27.04.2020
Virtual concert No. 15
27.04.2020
6th International Composition Competition Sinfonietta per Sinfonietta: Hommage á Krzysztof Penderecki
More information at: INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION.
25.04.2020
Virtual Concert No. 14
23.04.2020
Virtual Concert No. 13
21.04.2020
Virtual Concert No. 12
17.04.2020
Virtual Concert No. 11
16.04.2020
Virtual Concert No. 10
14.04.2020
Virtual Concert No. 9
12.04.2020
Krzysztof Penderecki — Te Deum
Krzysztof Penderecki — Te Deum for solo voices, two mixed choirs and orchestra
Performers:
Iwona Hossa — soprano
Małgorzata Pańko-Edery — mezzosoprano
Adam Zdunikowski — tenor
Dominik Opaliński — bass
Jurek Dybał — conductor
Bartosz Michałowski — choir director
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
The performance took place during The 6th International Krzysztof Penderecki Festival – Level 320 in Zabrze Poland.
10.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Jurek Dybał & Sinfonietta Cracovia
10.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Daniel Ottensamer
10.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — prof. Konstanty Andrzej Kulka
9.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Julian Rachlin
9.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Wouter Vossen
9.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — prof. Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa
8.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Dmitry Sitkovetsky
8.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Patrick Gallois
7.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Michel Lethiec
7.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Wojciech Pszoniak
7.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — John Axelrod
6.04.2020
Virtual concert No. 7
A. Dvořák — Serenade for Strings in E major, Op.22
Performers:
Krzysztof Penderecki — conductor
NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Sinfonietta Cracovia
The Concert Hall of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Krakow
28.06.2015
Video production: Sidus-Art and Walk Pictures
6.04.2020
Remembering Krzysztof Penderecki — Rafael Payare & Alisa Weilerstein
4.04.2020
VIRTUAL CONCERT NO. 6
K. Penderecki — Musik for Recorders, Marimba, Percussion and Strings
ICE KRAKOW / Jubilee concert of Sinfonietta Cracovia
9.11.2019
Performers:
Karin Hageneder — recorder
Gobi Drab — recorder
Caroline Mayrhofer-Mamming — recorder
Bartosz Sałdan — marimba
Jurek Dybał — conductor
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Video production: Sidus-Art and Walk Pictures
2.04.2020
In memoriam Krzysztof Penderecki / Agnus Dei from Polish Requiem
Video: „Paths Through the Labyrinth” (2013), directed by Anna Schmidt.
Performers:
Jurek Dybał — conductor
Sinfonietta Cracovia
31.03.2020
Virtual concert No. 5
31.03.2020
Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki — condolence book
With regard to recent passing of Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki we would like to inform all of his Friends and Admirers that the City of Krakow has prepared an official online condolence book dedicated to his memory, which is available on the City of Krakow webpage. Please submit your entries to: magiczny.krakow@um.krakow.pl by April 2, 2020.
photo by: Bruno Fidrych
29.03.2020
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)
26.03.2020
SMASH THE VIRUS — WITH MUSIC!
The Digital Art and Education Program of the Sinfonietta Cracovia.
Following the Government’s decision to close theatres, opera houses, museums, philharmonic concert halls and cinemas because of the coronavirus pandemic we would like to invite you to take a part in our free Art and Education Program, addressed to music lovers and musicians of all ages.
The goal of the Program is to present and promote Sinfonietta’s music and artistic achievements to the widest audience possible via the internet. We do bielieve that together we can use this difficult quarantine period in an effective, creative and uplifting manner to instill or deepen the love of music develop artistic skills. We will be publishing all of the information regarding the Program both on our website and within
our social media channels.
25.03.2020
VIRTUAL CONCERT
Travel bans? Not with the Sinfonietta!
We would like to you to join us for a virtual journey through the time and music. Our guide will be none other than Ludwig van Beethoven himself! This year we celebrate the 250 th birthday of this genius composer, whose life is probably one of the most inspiring examples of unwavering human fight with adversities of fate.
Every other day we will publish (for the very first time!) highlights video recordings of our concerts and documentaries from last five years of our activity. We will meet at various venues, presenting broad repertoire.
Let’s us start in China, because everything seems to normalize there right now. Our goal is to stay with our listeners during this tough time. Stay tuned!
More at: VIRTUAL CONCERT
25.03.2020
SINFONIETKA’s KARAOKE
For our little ones end elders we will upload every other day a new song written by polish composers — from Wasowski to Penderecki. They were recorded by Sinfonietta Cracovia and Sinfonietka’s Children Choir.
We will provide you with two versions: to listen to and a karaoke — to sing or play along. Let’s carry on the tradition of home music making!
Songs available at: SINFONIETKA’S KARAOKE.
24.03.2020
KARAOKE COMPETITIONS
We would like to invite you to take a part in Sinfonietka’s Karaoke Competitions. The best performances and art works will be posted on our social media channels.
What to do:
Sing with Sinfonietta: record a video of your karaoke performance of the songs and send it to us.
Art Competition: mail a photo of your artwork inspired by the songs.
Please mail all videos and art works to: office@sinfoniettacracovia.com
Song will be available at SINFONIETKA’S KARAOKE.
Have fun!
22.03.2020
VIRTUAL MASTERCLASSES
String Masterclasses with Sinfonietta’s Musicians!
We would like to invite not only the students of Music Schools and Academies but also beginners, hobby musicians and music lovers of all ages to join String Master Classes.
The classes will be carried out by our Concert Master, Section Leaders and other musicians of the Orchestra using chatting apps. Most of our musicians combine the work in Orchestra with teaching activities on the bests Academies and Schools of music. Smash the virus and kill the time with developing your skills or learning how to play a string instrument!
Mail your participation declaration with the information which instrument do you play and what is
your level to: rezerwacja@sinfoniettacracovia.pl
Some of the Tutors:
Maciej Lulek — violin (Conncertmaster)
Aleksandra Honcel-Banek — violin
Piotr Marciak — violin
Justyna Duda-Krane — violin
Katarzyna Balas — violin
Danuta Augustyn (Ms. Sinfonietka) — violin
Ewa Szczepańska-Chwast — viola
Elżbieta Gromada — viola
Marcin Mączyński — cello
Łukasz Mazanek — double bass
20.01.2020
Stars with Sinfonietta — Sergei Babayan, Rafael Payare / concert announcement
27.09.2019
Sinfonietta cracovia — Auditions
The Director of The Orchestra of the Royal Capital City of Krakow — Sinfonietta Cracovia announces recruitment:
1. VIOLA — ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN — SECTION LEADER/ASSOCIATE LEADER
2. VIOLA — ORCHESTRA MUSICIAN TUTTI
More information at: en.sinfonietta.pl/auditions
