AUKSO x Marcin Masecki

AUKSO x Warszawska Orkiestra Sentymentalna

Do you feel sentimental about Warsaw? Today's capital is a genuine megacity that attracts business opportunities and a cosmopolitan atmosphere. However, there are some backstreets in which there are still echoes of a different Warsaw – a pre-war capital of elegance, full of revues and cabarets, dancing to the songs of Mieczysław Fogg and Henryk Wars. This image of the city will emerge during the AUKSO concert, featuring the guest participation of Warszawska Orkiestra Sentymentalna. The sound of the AUKSO strings will be enriched by instruments typical of the 1920s and 1930s urban music, such as the mandolin, accordion, flugelhorn, and baraban. We warmly invite you to a sentimental journey to the inter-war years, full of melodies we know well, although sometimes we don't even quite know from where exactly! Szymon Maliszewski Concert duration: approximately 100 minutes

AUKSO / A film fantasy

Film music arranged by Hadrian Filip Tabęcki for piano and string orchestra from films including Frantic, Pirates of the Caribbean, Gone with the Wind, Underground, Ladies, Gladiator, Star Wars, Ghost in the Shell, Colonel Wolodyjowski, Brute, and many others.Have you ever wondered where the phenomenon of film music concerts came from? Or is enjoying melodies that we associate with pictures and action nothing new? The music of the Baroque or Romantic periods is full of representations of the stories, legends and myths that society lived by at the time. When we find symbols familiar from epic stories or passionate romances in the music, the emotions we experienced when we followed the story for the first time return. Film music offers us a mind-boggling kaleidoscope of sensations in this regard. At the October concert, we will be presented with the best of the last eight decades of the genre. All this in an excellent performance by AUKSO musicians under the conductorship of Marek Moś and with guest appearances by composer and arranger Hadrian Filip Tabęcki and vocalist Anna Ozner. Szymon Maliszewski Concert duration: approximately 90 minutes

Marcin Kydryński

JazzKLUB / Marcin Masecki Trio / Thelonious Monk’s New Incarnation

„He’s got time!” is what Tomasz Stańko used to say about Thelonious Monk, but he could just as well say the same about Marcin Masecki. „He has time” – meaning that he is its master, stretching it or condensing it, with disregard for any rules whatsoever, except those he created himself. Monk felt the basic dimension of reality and expressed it in his music unlike anyone else – so it is with Masecki. The artistic kinship between the two artists is striking, with their special sense for timing enhanced by the propensity for dissonance, so characteristic for both. They could not meet – Monk passed away in February of 1982 and Masecki was born in September the same year. In the concert, however, the Polish pianist is going to converse with his American predecessor. And there is so much they have to say to one another. Tomasz Gregorczyk Concert duration: approximately 90 minutes

Kammerorchester Basel/ René Jacobs/ Papa Haydn

René Jacobs is one of the more electrifying figures in the early music circles. For those who do not follow the ideological battles of fans of historical performance practices daily, it may seem surprising how much excitement some of the Belgian conductor and singer's productions generate. In half a century of artistic activity, Jacobs has been one of the main protagonists of the early music renaissance. At first, as an excellent countertenor, he specialised in recordings of forgotten works and took part in many enthusiastically received interpretations of works by Bach or Mozart. For Jacobs as a conductor, historical treatises and knowledge of past practices can sometimes be the starting point for getting carried away with the free play of the imagination. For some, these ideas are too bold, while in the opinion of others, they make his interpretations closer to contemporary audiences. How will it be with Haydn's two comparatively different works? The E minor Symphony took its name, Mourning, from the composer's alleged request that the slow movement be performed at his funeral. However, there is no evidence that it was played at either the funeral or other memorial services for the artist. The Missa Cellensis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, also known as the Cecilian Mass, is one of two works (or actually three) written for the Abbey of Mariazell, one of the most important pilgrimage points in Austria. The first version of the Mass, composed in 1766, was destroyed in a fire. Therefore, seven years later, Haydn reconstructed the entire work from memory and expanded it into the shape it is known today. Szymon Maliszewski Concert duration (intermission included): approximately 120 minutes

Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Candida Thompson / Bruce Liu

This is a moment everyone has been waiting for – Bruce Liu returns to NOSPR!In 2021, several days after his spectacular triumph in the 18th Chopin Competition, Bruce Liu gained 1,800 new fans as soon as he stepped onto the NOSPR stage (more people did not manage to enter the hall, even though, as we can remember, they tried!). Nevertheless, if we take into account the 300,000 online broadcast viewers, we can say that the concert sealed the Canadian pianist’s superstar status.Back then, Bruce Liu performed the Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-minor, with which he had won the competition. This time, we are going to hear the second one of Chopin’s concertos – the one in the key of F-minor. Both in the Concerto and in the Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat major, the latter to open the evening, he will be accompanied by theAmsterdam Sinfonietta, led by Candida Thompson. You might also remember these artists from NOSPR posters: in 2020, the ensemble and its leader were to accompany the Jussen brothers, but their performance was cancelled due to the pandemic.In the April concert, the Dutch orchestra will also present Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and Mieczysław Weinberg’s deeply moving Aria. It will be a truly unique evening!Szymon MaliszewskiConcert duration (intermission included): approximately 120 minutes

Mu­se­ums­kon­zert X

Since 2010, ensembles of the Staatskapelle have been performing in the Bode Museum. The concerts, lasting just over an hour, take place in the Gobelin Hall and feature music from past centuries. Visitors can combine the concerts with other museum activities, such as an exhibition visit or a meal at the museum café.

Kam­mer­kon­zert X

This text lists four piano quartets by famous composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in E-flat major, Gustav Mahler in A minor, Alfred Schnittke (based on Mahler's sketches), and Johannes Brahms in G minor.

RY X

Grammy-nominated artist and producer RY X is constantly in search of connection. Connection to nature, to spirit, to the human experience – expression and vulnerability are at the centre of his work and what he evokes as an artist. He has performed in some of the world’s most iconic venues and has collaborated with orchestras and organisations such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the London Philharmonic. He has also produced and written records for artists such as Drake, Diplo, Black Coffee and John Legend.

Polyphonie X

Composed by Pierre Boulez at age 26, Polyphonie X caused a riot when it premiered at the Donaueschingen Festival in 1951, deemed radical and later withdrawn by the composer. Today, we rediscover the visionary dimension of this little-known score.