Guide to Classical Music, Opera and Dance in Poland

Old Town, Warsaw

Old Town Hall, Wrocław

Wawel Castle, Cracow

ŁódźKoncert Symfoniczny Inauguracja Sezonu Artystycznego 2018/2019

Filharmonia Łódzka im. A. Rubinsteina, Fri 21 Sep at 19:00

Penderecki, Bernstein, Shostakovich

Unknown; Paweł Przytocki; Joseph Moog

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NOSPR Concert Hall, Sun 23 Sep at 18:00

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Alexander Liebreich; Unknown

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Teatr Polski, Sep 24, 25 at 19:00

Janáček, Kodály

Balázs Kocsár; Attila Vidnyánszky; Hungarian National Ballet; Petr Popelka; Oleksandr Bilozub; Szilvia Rálik

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Narodowa Orkiestra Symfoniczna Polskiego Radia "NOSPR", Fri 12 Oct at 19:30

Messiaen, Bernstein, Debussy, Dutilleux

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sylvain Cambreling; Baiba Skride

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WarsawWarsaw Autumn

Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Fri 21 Sep at 19:30

Augustyn, Nowak, Nejtek, Norman, Lang, Bernhard

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Jacek Kaspszyk; Gareth Davis; Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

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Radulović's Barber the highlight at NFM Wrocław

David Karlin, 18 May

Eiji Oue doesn't quite convince in Bernstein and Copland, but Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto proves a winner.

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RIAS Kammerchor, NOSPR and Alexander Liebereich © Bartek Barczyk

David Karlin, 17 May

Debussy's early cantata is played with verve by NOSPR but exposes its composer's inexperience; Mansurian's memorial to genocide shows off the exceptional musicianship of the RIAS Kammerchor.

***11

Jonathan Sutherland, 11 May

A stellar performance of Mahler’s cosmic Third symphony reinforces the reputation of Katowice as a bone fide member of the premier European music league.

***11

Julia Jędrzejczak, 27 Jan

Warsaw Philharmonic celebrates the 100th anniversary of Polish independence with performances of great local composers – Lutoslawski, Szymanowski and Szabelski – and Debussy’s La Mer for good measure.

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