Concert on the centenary of Poland’s regained independence

Following the subsequent partitions of 1772, 1793 and 1795, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth disappeared from the map of Europe. Yet the Polish Nation saw no higher value than its own, sovereign state. The struggle for independence lasted over 100 years, and was marked with the sacrifice of blood shed in the Napoleonic Wars, numerous armed bids against the oppressors, the November and January uprisings and the battlefields of World War I.

11 XI 2018

55 min

20–45 PLN

Artists

The Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk—conductor
Adam Zdunikowski—tenor
Violetta Bielecka—preparation of the Choir

Programme

Krzysztof Penderecki—“Fanfare for the independent Poland”
Karol Szymanowski—“Harnasie” op. 55
Wojciech Kilar—“Exodus” for mixed choir and orchestra

100 for 100. Musical Decades of Freedom