The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra will perform at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw on Saturday, November 28, at 7:00 PM. The Orchestra will be led by Michał Maciaszczyk, a conductor and violinist who resides in Vienna. The concert will consist of Anton Webern’s Passacaglia, op. 1 and Richard Strauss’s tone poem A Hero’s Life, op. 40.

Anton Webern’s orchestral Passacaglia comes from the first opus of the Austrian composer. Though composed in 1908, the work still adheres to the tonal system. You can discern the influence of Arnold Schönberg (under whom Webern studied); nevertheless, it contains many original stylistic characteristics of its composer, considered one of the fathers of twentieth century music.

Richard Strauss achieved fame as a brilliant composer, particularly of tone poems, a genre he brought to perfection. Such works as Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Don Quixote are masterpieces of orchestral music. One of his great tone poems, though performed somewhat less often than those above, is A Hero’s Life, op. 40, composed in 1898. The work, in E-flat, metaphorically recounts the key moments in the life of the titular hero. The orchestral poem portrays the hero, his adversaries, his companions, the battle and, at the end, the hero’s parting with the world.

Performers
Polska Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus
Michał Maciaszczyk – coductor

Repertoire
Anton Webern – Passacaglia op. 1
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Richard Strauss – poemat symfoniczny Życie bohatera op. 40

Tickets

available at www.eBilet.pl and sklep.polskieradio.pl and one hour before the concert at the box-office of the Witold Lutosławski Studio Z. Modzelewskiego 59 St.

MEDIA PATRONS

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