Moniuszko in Borderlands Colours

Moniuszko in Borderlands Colours is the leading motif of the cycle of concerts held in Lusławice, Katowice and Kraków (24 October, Polish Aviation Museum).
The soprano Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska and the tenor Zdzisław Madej perform the composer’s Crimean Sonnets and a selection of other songs; they will be accompanied by young artists from academies of music in Minsk and Kraków.

Programme:
Stanisław Moniuszko
Evening Song - arrangement for orchestra
Fairy Tale - fantastic overture
Recitative and aria of Halka If Only the Morning Sun from the second act of the opera Halka
Song The Spinner - arrangement for string orchestra: Mateusz Bień
Aria Dress That Dressed Me So from the second act of the opera The Countess
Song Kuma - arrangement for string orchestra: Mateusz Bień
Recitative and aria by Neala Paria, on paria! from the second act of the opera Paria
Mazurka from the opera Halka - arrangement: Kazimierz Sikorski
Mazurka from the opera The Haunted Manor
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The Crimean Sonnets
cantata for solo tenor, mixed choir and symphony orchestra, words: Adam Mickiewicz 
I. Introduction
II. Silent Sea
III. Sailing 
IV. Storm
V. Ruins (Bakhchisarai)
VI. Night (Bakhchisarai at Night)
VII. Hymn (Mount Chatyr-Dah)
IX. Pilgrim
X. Epilogue (Mount Ayu-Dag)

Performers:
Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska - soprano
Zdzisław Madej - tenor
Choir of the Belarusian State Academy of Music in Minsk
Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Academy of Music in Krakow
Stanisław Krawczyński - conductor
Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz - a word about music

Admission free