A Polish Songbook: Jan Petryka & Sholto Kynoch
15 October 2018, 13:05 - 14:00
Lunchtime Recital
Broad Street
Oxford, OX1 3AZ
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
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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 Szymanowksi (1882 - 1937)
Seven Songs after Poems of James Joyce (Op. 54)
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Ignacy Paderewski (1860 - 1941)
Polały się łzy me czyste, rzęsiste (Op. 18 no.1) - Tylem wytrwał (Op. 18 no.5)
- Nad wodą wielką i czystą (Op. 18 no.4)
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Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819 - 1872)
Krakowiaczek - Złota rybka
- Znasz li ten kraj
Jan Petryka
Jan Petryka
Tenor
Born in Warsaw into a family of musicians, Jan Petryka first graduated as a cellist at Kunstuniversität Graz before completing his studies in ‘Lied und Oratorium‘ (with Marjana Lipovsek and Rotraud Hansmann) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Jan has since worked with renowned ensembles and conductors such as Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Erwin Ortner), Les Musiciens du Louvre (Marc Minkowski), Radiosymphonieorchester Wien, Bach Consort Wien, Wiener Akademie, L’Orfeo Barockorchester, La Chapelle Rhe... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch
Sholto Kynoch
Pianist
Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in chamber music and song accompaniment. In addition to a busy performance schedule and a fast-growing discography, he is the founder and director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, the UK’s most renowned song festival, which recently won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award. In recent years he has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Berliner Konzerthaus, the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, the Opéra de Lille... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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