Symphonic concert
15 June 2024, 6.00 p.m.
Nowa Miodowa – Concert Hall of the Complex of State Music Schools No. 1 in Warsaw
Performers
Youngin Park | harpsichord
Maksymilian Sierański | trumpet
Klara Roś | flute
Kajetan Pałęcki | cello
Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
Martyna Zych | conductor
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach
Harpsichord Concerto No.4 in A Major, BWV 1055
Tomaso Albinoni
Concerto for Oboe B falt Major Op. 7 No. 3
Saverio Mercadante
Flute Concerto E minor Op. 57 No. 2
intermission
Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op.22 I. Moderato IV. Larghetto III. Scherzo: Vivace
Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No.2 in D major, Hob.VIIb:2
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in A major BWV 1055 (presumably a harpsichord reworking of a lost concerto from the time of his work in Köthen, from around 1721, perhaps for oboe d'amore?) is a work distinguished by its particular craftsmanship of elaboration – it is a testament (especially part I) to the composer's own explorations and departure from the schematism of the Italian ritornello form, most typical of the concerto of the time. The nostalgic Larghetto is a compositional tribute to the arch-Italian instrumental cantilena. The piece will be performed by Youngjee Park, a student of the J. Elsner State School of Music at the ZPSM No. 1 in the harpsichord class of Beata Popis.
Antonio Vivaldi, the author of more than six hundred works in the genre, was to become the most famous composer of Baroque concertos, but the primacy goes to another Venetian composer, Tomaso Albinoni. He is the one who established the 'standard' three-part cycle form for this genre with a fast-slow-fast arrangement, as well as a symmetrical ritornello structure. Of his several collections of concertos, the cycle op. 7 of 1716 contains works for oboe and strings. The third piece of this collection in a version for trumpet will be presented by Maksymilian Sierański, a student of Damian Marat at the Emil Młynarski First Degree School of Music at the ZPSM No. 1.
The rich legacy of Saveria Mercadante, associated mainly with Naples, remains largely forgotten today. The exception is the work of a mere 18-year-old composer – the Second Flute Concerto in E minor, especially the final Rondo russo, which is one of the great 'hits' of classical music. In this striking piece, Klara Roś, a student of the Zenon Brzewski Second Degree School of Music at the ZPSM No. 1 in the flute class of Grażyna Zbijowska, will showcase her talent.
Antonín Dvořák's five-movement Serenade in D major is one of his particularly popular works. It was written in 1875, perhaps influenced by similarly named works by Brahms, which were intended as a tribute to the classical heritage. Varying in tempo and character, the cycle's movements allow the string orchestra to display both technical bravado and the beauty of the cantilena.
The concert by Joseph Haydn, the second (of two known) in the key of D major, stands out among the scant number of cello concertos of the Classical era. More recent research indicates that it was written in 1784 for James Cervetto, a cellist of the Italian opera company in London. Full of warmth and charm, the piece is one of the favourite repertoire items for this instrument, and will be performed during the concert by Kajetan Pałęcki, a student of Piotr Hausenplas at the Zenon Brzewski Second Degree School of Music at the ZPSM No. 1.
The concert will be conducted by Martyna Zych, who is a viola player in the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra and an ambitious conductor specialising especially in Czech music, to which she devotes her research. Thanks to her fluency in Czech, she also has fruitful contacts with the musical and scientific community of the neighbouring country. She studied symphonic and opera conducting with Professor Tomasz Bugaj and viola with Professor Piotr Reichert at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. She is the originator and co-founder of the first orchestra of refugee musicians from Ukraine in Poland. Their premiere concert in April 2022 was enthusiastically received, paving way for further performances. Martyna Zych actively participates in conducting master classes with Marin Alsop and the NOSPR in Katowice. In the same year, she made her debut with the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra in Zlín during the Talentinum Festival, and was also invited to open the artistic season of the Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra with a fully Czech programme. More than a year ago, she conducted a monographic concert of Sinfonia Iuventus, presenting the entire cycle My Homeland by Bedřich Smetana.
Free tickets available from 3 June 2024 on the portal Bilety24
Organisers: Foundation Nowa Miodowa, ZPSM No 1 in Warsaw, Jerzy Semkow Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra
