The three compositions to be performed at the event are Stanisław Moniuszko's Mazurka from Halka, Karol Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 1, and Witold Lutosławski's Concerto for Orchestra. The Szymanowski piece will feature Agata Szymczewska on violin.
MIT Symphony Orchestra
The origins of MIT Symphony Orchestra (MITSO) date back as far as 1884. The orchestra disbanded and re-appeared several times over the years that followed until 1947, when Klaus Liepmann (1907-1990), MIT’s first full-time professor of music and founder of the music program, became director of the MIT Glee Club, the Symphony and the Choral Society.
The central mission of the MIT Symphony Orchestra is the cultural enhancement of education at MIT by promoting music performance at the highest level of artistic excellence among MIT students, by nurturing new works and young artists, by developing and sustaining the widest possible audience. The orchestra’s repertoire consists of works from the entire symphonic canon, spanning works of the early Baroque era to contemporary compositions, and including music for film and theatre.
Campus Project
The Culture.pl Campus Project aims at fostering lasting relations between Poland and top-tier American academic institutions that span music, visual arts, film, literature and theatre. As well as initiating workshops, study visits, concerts, lectures, conferences and exhibitions, Campus Project supports the initiatives of its partner universities. Campus Project cooperates with MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and the University of Michigan.
The Campus Project was launched in 2012 by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
MIT Symphony Orchestra Concert
16th October 2015, 8 pm
Kresge Auditorium, MIT
48 Massachusetts Ave
Boston, MA
USA