The Best of Polish Composers Concert

Sunday | November 26 2023 | 6 pm

A concert featuring the most beautiful works by outstanding Polish composers: Fryderyk Chopin – the poet of the piano and icon of classical music; Stanisław Moniuszko – the father of the Polish National Opera; Henryk Wieniawski – one of the greatest violinists in history; Ignacy Paderewski – the most famous pianist of his time; Karol Szymanowski – the father of the 20th-century Polish music and Grażyna Bacewicz – a leading Polish composer who brought Polish classical music to the international mainstream, performed by outstanding artists.

The highlight of the program will be the performance of the amazing Kate Liu, bronze medalist of the 17th F. Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, performance by the Metropolitan Opera soloist Piotr Buszewski.

Projekt współfinansowany ze środków Kancelarii Prezesa Rady Ministrów RP w ramach konkursu Polonia i Polacy za Granicą 2023

Kate Liu piano

Piotr Buszewski tenor

Jiana Peng piano

Kamil Pacholec piano

Liana Paniyeva piano

Karolina Mikołajczyk violin

Iwo Jedynecki, accordion

I. PADEREWSKI – Sarabande Op.14 No 2
I. PADEREWSKI – Cracovienne Fantastique Op. 14 No 6
I. PADEREWSKI – Polish Dances: Mazurka in A Major Op. 9 No 3
I. PADEREWSKI – Miscellanea: Melody in G Major Op.16 No 2
K. SZYMANOWSKI – Roxana’s Song from the opera King Roger
K. SZYMANOWSKI – Mazurka Op.50 Nos 1, 2
F. CHOPIN – Prelude in D Minor Op.28 No 24
F. CHOPIN – Piano Sonata No 3 in B Minor Op. 58
F. CHOPIN – Mazurka in A-flat Minor Op.17 No 2
F. CHOPIN – Nocturne in E-flat Major Op.9 No 2
G. BACEWICZ – Oberek
G. BACEWICZ – Sonata No 2
F. CHOPIN – Waltzes Op.64 Nos 1, 2
F. CHOPIN – Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op.22
S. MONIUSZKO – song “Do you know this country”
S. MONIUSZKO – Stefan’s aria from “Haunted Manor”
F. CHOPIN – Mazurka in A Minor Op.59 No 1
F. CHOPIN – Mazurka in A-flat Major Op.59 No 2
F. CHOPIN – Mazurka In F-sharp Minor Op.59 No 3
F. CHOPIN – Ballade in F Major Op.38
F. CHOPIN – Ballade in G Minor Op.23

TICKETS

The Best of Polish Composers Concert (kaufmanmusiccenter.org)

MERKIN HALL

Kaufman Music Center

Abraham Goodman House

129 West 67th Street

(btw Broadway and Amsterdam)

New York, NY 10023