A Polish Songbook: Jan Petryka & Sholto Kynoch
15 October 2018, 1:05pm - 2:00pm
Polish tenor Jan Petryka begins our lunchtime series, held in the round in the Sheldonian Theatre, with a captivating programme of songs by Chopin and Paderewski – who surely holds a unique place in history as composer, pianist and Prime Minister of Poland! – as well as Moniuszko, Szymanowski and others.
Programme
- Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
- Moja pieszczotka Op. 74 no.12
- Prezc z moich oczu Op. 74 no.6
- Melodia Op. 74 no.9
- Wojak? Op. 74 no.10
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- Szymon Laks (1901 - 1983)
- Mały więzień ('Little Prisoner')
- Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937)
- Seven Songs after Poems of James Joyce (1926) Op. 54
- Ignacy Paderewski (1860 - 1941)
- Polały się łzy me czyste, rzęsiste (1894) Op. 18 no.1
- Tylem wytrwał (1894) Op. 18 no.5
- Nad wodą wielką i czystą (1894) Op. 18 no.4
- Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819 - 1872)
- Krakowiaczek
- Złota rybka
- Znasz li ten kraj
Artists
Series
12 October 2018 | 9:00am