Performers
- Emmanuel Strosser piano
- Sinfonia Varsovia
- Julien Masmondet conductor
Programme
Vincent D’Indy Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français (Symphony on a French Mountain Air) Op. 25 [24’]
I. Assez lent – Modérément animé
II. Assez modéré, mais sans lenteur
III. Animé
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story [24’]
I. Prologue
II. Somewhere
III. Scherzo
IV. Mambo
V. Cha Cha
VI. Meeting Scene
VII. Cool Fugue
VIII. Rumble
IX. Finale
Concert description
Music is a source of emotion, wonderful aesthetic experiences and affection. But what is the source of music? Perhaps the final concert will bring us closer to the answer to this question. However, there is not one, but several distinct areas from which the works of classical music composers grow.
The first is the work of the old masters, followed by folklore and popular music. The symphonic cast, the traditional forms, the skillful use of the art of instrumentation and counterpoint – all indicate that reaching for the beautiful and balanced patterns of classical music is still vital. This is the foundation on which Vincent d’Indy built his symphony while referring to a folk melody heard in the Cévennes, and Leonard Bernstein his musical, from which he brought a symphonic dance suite with colorful jazz elements to the concert stage.
However, the sources of music can also lie quite elsewhere – in inspiration from various arts, culture or nature. In d’Indy’s case it will be the memory of picturesque mountain landscapes, and in Bernstein’s case it will be the immortal love story from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, which found a new adaptation in the musical West Side Story.
– Karolina Dąbek (pisanezesluchu.pl)