Rafał Blechacz, photo: Juliusz Multarzyński
The official celebrations of the Chopin Anniversary Year have begun. The 200th anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin's birth will be marked by not one but several special concerts, all of them taking place at the National Philharmonic and spanning two possible dates of composer's birth:
"Today, there's no way of figuring out when Chopin was born, whether it was on February 22 or March 1; and I believe it is not very significant too - after all it's quite appropriate that it took a whole week for the genius to be born...," says Waldemar Dąbrowski, the President of the Celebration Comitee CHOPIN 2010. "Instead of arguing about it, we want to take this opportunity to make the birthday celebrations last as long as possible."
For this week, Warsaw will become stage for the world's greatest pianists. The list of invited artists includes Daniel Barenboim, Piotr Anderszewski, Garrick Ohlsson, Nikolai Demidenko, Dang Thai Son, Evgeny Kissin, Janusz Olejniczak, Murray Perahia, Ivo Pogorelić i Yundi Li. The Birthday celebrations will be launched by the concert of a Polish pianist Rafał Blechacz, the winner of the last Chopin Competition.
The pianists will play with the National Philharmonic Orchestra under Antoni Wit, as well as with Frans Brüggen's Orchestra of the 18th Century, for which the Warsaw concert will also launch their first Polish tour (more...).
All concerts will take place at the concert hall of The National Philharmonic.
On March 1, two special concerts will take place outside National Philharmonic: a Chopin recital in Żelazowa Wola and a concert gala at Grand Theatre - National Opera (more...).
PROGRAM
Monday, February 22, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
- Ivo Pogorelić - piano
Sinfonia Varsovia
George Tchitchinadze - conductor
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21
Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at 5 pm
- Murray Perahia - piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in E major, Op. 109
Fryderyk Chopin: - Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47
- Etude No. 5 in E minor, Op. 25
- Etude No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 25
- Etude No. 4 in C-sharp minor, Op. 10
- Mazurka No. 2 in A-flat major, Op. 59
- Mazurka C-sharp minor, Op. 50 nr 3
- Mazurka in F-sharp minor, Op. 59 nr 3
- Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 nr 1
- Scherzo in E major, Op. 54
Wednesday, February 24, at 9:00 p.m.
- Piotr Anderszewski - piano
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 5 in E minor BWV 810
Robert Schumann: 6 Stücke in kanonischer Form, Op. 56
Robert Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A-sharp major, Op. 110
Thursday, February 25, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
- Garrick Ohlsson - piano
Fryderyk Chopin: - Impromptu in F-sharp major, Op. 36
- Ballade in A-sharp major, Op. 47
- Fantasy in F minor op. 49
- 2 Noctures, Op. 27
- Scherzo C-sharp minor, Op. 39
- Preludes, Op. 28
Friday, February 26, at 7:30 p.m.
- Kevin Kenner - historical piano
Nelson Goerner - historical piano
Janusz Olejniczak - historical piano
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen - conductor
Fryderyk Chopin: - Fantasy on Polish Airs in A major, Op. 13 (Nelson Goerner)
- Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 (Kevin Kenner)
- Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise in E flat major, Op. 22 (Nelson Goerner)
- Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 (Janusz Olejniczak)
- Rondo à la krakowiak in F major, Op. 14 (Nelson Goerner)
- Variations in B flat major on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2 (Nelson Goerner)
Saturday, February 27, at 7:30
- Nikolai Demidenko - piano
Evgeny Kissin - piano
Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic
Antoni Wit - conductor
Fryderyk Chopin: - Piano Concerto in E minor, Op. 11 (Nikolai Demidenko)
- Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 (Evgeny Kissin)
Sunday, February 28, at 7:30
- Daniel Barenboim - piano
Fryderyk Chopin: - Variation in H flat major on rondeau Je vends des scapulaires from opera by Ludovic Hérold and Halévy op. 12
- Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27 nr 2
- Sonata in B minor, Op. 35
- Barcarola in F-sharp major, Op. 60
- Waltzes
- Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57
- Polonaise in A-sharp minor. Op. 53
Źródło: www.chopin2010.pl