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Ludwig van Beethoven was a composer who brought us much joy with his piano miniature “For Elise”. His other pieces delight both young and old. How did Beethoven come up with the idea of such ear-pleasing music? Just like other composers, he probably first imagined different sounds, their timbres and what stories they tell. Beethoven then formed these sounds into pieces, which he wrote down in notation. So even in our times we can play or sing Beethoven’s music and enjoy it whenever we feel like it.

Magdalena Sikorska flute
Katarzyna Beresińska cello
Artur Pilch piano
Ada Wdziękońska host

Family concert 0-2 years old

Concert description

Ludwig van Beethoven was a composer who brought us much joy with his piano miniature “For Elise”. His other pieces delight both young and old. How did Beethoven come up with the idea of such ear-pleasing music? Just like other composers, he probably first imagined different sounds, their timbres and what stories they tell. Beethoven then formed these sounds into pieces, which he wrote down in notation. So even in our times we can play or sing Beethoven’s music and enjoy it whenever we feel like it.

Magdalena Sikorska flute
Katarzyna Beresińska cello
Artur Pilch piano
Ada Wdziękońska host

Family concert 2-5 years old

Concert description

Ludwig van Beethoven was a composer who brought us much joy with his piano miniature “For Elise”. His other pieces delight both young and old. How did Beethoven come up with the idea of such ear-pleasing music? Just like other composers, he probably first imagined different sounds, their timbres and what stories they tell. Beethoven then formed these sounds into pieces, which he wrote down in notation. So even in our times we can play or sing Beethoven’s music and enjoy it whenever we feel like it.

Magdalena Sikorska flute
Katarzyna Beresińska cello
Artur Pilch piano
Ada Wdziękońska host

Family concert 2-5 years old.

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Today, when the kitchen is a research area of anthropological studies, nobody questions its role in culture. By examining the diet of our ancestors, including famous people, we can learn something about ourselves. What did Beethoven eat? What were his kitchen rituals? We do not have so much information as with Chopin or Proust. We know that he was a coffee lover – he would always count out exactly 60 beans per cup… He liked fish and pasta with Parmesan cheese, which had to be imported from Italy and was his favorite meal, and every Thursday he was served a very particular bread soup with wine. He also left us this enigmatic message: “Only the pure at heart can make good soup”. Jurek Dybał and Sinfonietta Cracovia, as well as chef Michał Kosowski from the “Żona Krawca” café in the Kamionek district, invite you to our culinary and musical event.

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Programme

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (Moonlight)

I. Adagio sostenuto

II. Allegretto

III. Presto agitato

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 (Kreutzer)

I. Adagio sostenuto – Presto

II. Andante con variazioni

III. Finale: Presto

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The Kreutzer and Moonlight Sonatas – perhaps the two most famous examples of solo sonatas in Beethoven’s oeuvre – will be featured together in the evening’s program. The story of the Kreutzer sonata is full of paradoxes. The powerful, approximately 40-minute-long sonata mulattica was dedicated to George Bridgetower, a British virtuoso of African-Polish descent. With no previous rehearsals, the 1803 premiere was very successful. Beethoven’s piece was not finished until the last minute, so the violinist had to sight-read some of his part from the composer’s piano score. Soon after the premiere the two performers had a disagreement. Beethoven changed the sonata’s dedication to Rodolphe Kreutzer – the foremost violin virtuoso of his day. However, Kreutzer refused to perform the piece. He met Beethoven only once and he didn’t like his music… The young countess Giulietta Guicciardi had very much different feelings towards the composer (and the feelings were mutual!). Beethoven dedicated Sonata No. 2, Op. 27, known as the Moonlight Sonata, to her. This name, inspired only by the first movement of the work, was given to it by the German poet Ludwig Rellstab. However, this is actually the final movement of a piece that remains a pianistic challenge to this day and amazes listeners with its ferocious expression. Thus, it is worth waiting for…