- Willa Lentza
- 08-03-2024, Friday, at 7:00 pm - Ticketed event
On Friday 8th March 2024 at 7 p.m., the DWÓCHGŁOS (DUOVOICE) duo (Michał Pepol – cello and Bartek Wąsik – piano) will play a concert at the Lentz Villa.
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Szymanowski at the Lentz Villa. Dwóchgłos / Duovoice
On Friday 8th March 2024 at 7 p.m., the DWÓCHGŁOS (DUOVOICE) duo (Michał Pepol – cello and Bartek Wąsik – piano) will play a concert at the Lentz Villa.
The programme consists of pieces in different genres written by Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), an artist listed along with Fryderyk Chopin as one of Poland’s greatest composers of all time.
One of the fresh and possibly surprising aspects of this concert is that Szymanowski’s works will be presented in new arrangements for piano and cello. The programme includes such repertoire staples as ‘Roxana’s Song’ from the opera King Roger, Kurpie Songs, Mazurkas, the famous Swan, as well as excerpts from the ballet Harnasie.
Participants will also have an opportunity to see Joanna Sarapata’s work ART DECO GOLD.
Please join us for this concert.
PROGRAMME
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Mazurkas, Op. 50 Nos. 1, 2, and 3
Prelude in B Minor, Op. 1 No. 1
Étude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 4 No. 3
The Swan, Op. 7
‘In the Mountain Pasture’ from the ballet Harnasie
Kurpie Songs (‘Who Is It Tossing?’, ‘Cranes Flew By’, ‘Mind Mother’ )
‘Roxana’s Song’ from the opera King Roger
THE PERFORMERS
MICHAŁ PEPOL
Cellist, arranger, and composer, always hungry for new experiences, transgressions, and unobvious contexts. Co-founder of the Royal String Quartet; originator and co-organiser of Warsaw’s Kwartesencja Festival; curator of Klangor Festival in Warmia region. 2022 saw the release of his enthusiastically received debut solo album Kora Eternity (Agora Muzyka), featuring unknown and previously unpublished recordings by the legendary Kora Jackowska.
Pepol’s projects include The Sound Regained (a collaboration with Paweł Bownik), The Silence of the Sirens (duo with Magdalena Cielecka), Among Angels (recorded on video in Biała Forest), as well as music for spectacles by Markus Öhrn (3 Episodes of Life, 2021), Krzysztof Warlikowski (The Frenchmen), the sound installation We’re Standing by the Ghetto Wall (featuring Sława Przybylska), and guest performances on Ralph Kamiński’s album Kora (Fryderyk Award, 2021).
With Trimagine trio, Pepol won the 2nd prize and Czesław Niemen Special Award in the ‘New Tradition’ Polish Radio Folk Music Competition (in recognition of his extraordinary arrangements). He has given performances with Natalia Przybysz, Kuba Krzewiński, Stefan Wesołowski, Patryk Zakrocki, Olga Mysłowska, and Kompopolex ensemble. His festival appearances include the Warsaw Autumn, Nostalgia, Ephemera, Pomada, Enter, Słuchy, EtnoKraków/Crossroads, Tranströmer Days, La Folle Journée, and the Festival of Premieres – Polish Modern Music.
Pepol frequently appears on Polish Radio Programme Two. He also recorded recitals for TVP Kultura (state television channel), where he curated the ‘Culture Live’ concert series. Since 2003 he has taught a chamber music class at the Karol Szymanowski Secondary Music School in Warsaw.
BARTEK WĄSIK
A leading, versatile Polish pianist, as well as arranger and composer. His accolades include numerous prizes in international competitions as well as such awards as the Polityka’s ‘Passport’, the Fryderyk, Coryphaeus of Polish Music (award of the Polish music circles, as Personality of the Year 2020). He is a co-founder and member of Kwadrofonik ensemble and Lutosławski Piano Duo.
Wąsik has given performances in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At Carnegie Hall and Chicago Symphony Hall, he presented his own arrangements of works by Fryderyk Chopin. At Berlin Philharmonic (with Kwadrofonik), he played his original version of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and pieces from the CD Folklove (Folk Album of the Year). His project New Warsaw (twelve new arrangements of songs about Warsaw, with Stanisława Celińska and the Royal String Quartet) met with an enthusiastic critical acclaim and won the Guarantee of Culture as well as Wdecha awards.
Wąsik’s collaborations include the film New Warsaw (with Bartosz Konopka), the spectacle Xenophonia. A Symphony for the Other (with Jan Komasa), Industrial Symphony (with Artur Rojek), The Folk Requiem (with Adam Strug, Folk Album of the Year), Lutosławski, Tuwim – Songs Not Only for Children (with Katarzyna Nosowska, Ralph Kamiński, and Dorota Miśkiewicz – a Gold Record), and Lublin I Love and Respect (with the Old Theatre in Lublin).
2020 saw his song settings (with Mela Koteluk) of poems by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (released in his own arrangements on Baczyński. Astronomy of the Poet (Mela Koteluk & Kwadrofonik, Fryderyk Award). Another Fryderyk came in 2021 (for Kora with Ralph Kamiński).
Since 2020, Wąsik has presented at Warsaw’s Królikarnia an original piano recital cycle titled Pianorizon, featuring refined works by crossover classical composers (Glass, Richter, Adams, Sakamoto), alternative music, as well as his own compositions.
The artist’s latest solo album, Daydreamer, featuring his arrangements of Radiohead songs, was released late in 2022.
One of the fresh and possibly surprising aspects of this concert is that Szymanowski’s works will be presented in new arrangements for piano and cello. The programme includes such repertoire staples as ‘Roxana’s Song’ from the opera King Roger, Kurpie Songs, Mazurkas, the famous Swan, as well as excerpts from the ballet Harnasie.
Participants will also have an opportunity to see Joanna Sarapata’s work ART DECO GOLD.
Please join us for this concert.
PROGRAMME
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Mazurkas, Op. 50 Nos. 1, 2, and 3
Prelude in B Minor, Op. 1 No. 1
Étude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 4 No. 3
The Swan, Op. 7
‘In the Mountain Pasture’ from the ballet Harnasie
Kurpie Songs (‘Who Is It Tossing?’, ‘Cranes Flew By’, ‘Mind Mother’ )
‘Roxana’s Song’ from the opera King Roger
THE PERFORMERS
MICHAŁ PEPOL
Cellist, arranger, and composer, always hungry for new experiences, transgressions, and unobvious contexts. Co-founder of the Royal String Quartet; originator and co-organiser of Warsaw’s Kwartesencja Festival; curator of Klangor Festival in Warmia region. 2022 saw the release of his enthusiastically received debut solo album Kora Eternity (Agora Muzyka), featuring unknown and previously unpublished recordings by the legendary Kora Jackowska.
Pepol’s projects include The Sound Regained (a collaboration with Paweł Bownik), The Silence of the Sirens (duo with Magdalena Cielecka), Among Angels (recorded on video in Biała Forest), as well as music for spectacles by Markus Öhrn (3 Episodes of Life, 2021), Krzysztof Warlikowski (The Frenchmen), the sound installation We’re Standing by the Ghetto Wall (featuring Sława Przybylska), and guest performances on Ralph Kamiński’s album Kora (Fryderyk Award, 2021).
With Trimagine trio, Pepol won the 2nd prize and Czesław Niemen Special Award in the ‘New Tradition’ Polish Radio Folk Music Competition (in recognition of his extraordinary arrangements). He has given performances with Natalia Przybysz, Kuba Krzewiński, Stefan Wesołowski, Patryk Zakrocki, Olga Mysłowska, and Kompopolex ensemble. His festival appearances include the Warsaw Autumn, Nostalgia, Ephemera, Pomada, Enter, Słuchy, EtnoKraków/Crossroads, Tranströmer Days, La Folle Journée, and the Festival of Premieres – Polish Modern Music.
Pepol frequently appears on Polish Radio Programme Two. He also recorded recitals for TVP Kultura (state television channel), where he curated the ‘Culture Live’ concert series. Since 2003 he has taught a chamber music class at the Karol Szymanowski Secondary Music School in Warsaw.
BARTEK WĄSIK
A leading, versatile Polish pianist, as well as arranger and composer. His accolades include numerous prizes in international competitions as well as such awards as the Polityka’s ‘Passport’, the Fryderyk, Coryphaeus of Polish Music (award of the Polish music circles, as Personality of the Year 2020). He is a co-founder and member of Kwadrofonik ensemble and Lutosławski Piano Duo.
Wąsik has given performances in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At Carnegie Hall and Chicago Symphony Hall, he presented his own arrangements of works by Fryderyk Chopin. At Berlin Philharmonic (with Kwadrofonik), he played his original version of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and pieces from the CD Folklove (Folk Album of the Year). His project New Warsaw (twelve new arrangements of songs about Warsaw, with Stanisława Celińska and the Royal String Quartet) met with an enthusiastic critical acclaim and won the Guarantee of Culture as well as Wdecha awards.
Wąsik’s collaborations include the film New Warsaw (with Bartosz Konopka), the spectacle Xenophonia. A Symphony for the Other (with Jan Komasa), Industrial Symphony (with Artur Rojek), The Folk Requiem (with Adam Strug, Folk Album of the Year), Lutosławski, Tuwim – Songs Not Only for Children (with Katarzyna Nosowska, Ralph Kamiński, and Dorota Miśkiewicz – a Gold Record), and Lublin I Love and Respect (with the Old Theatre in Lublin).
2020 saw his song settings (with Mela Koteluk) of poems by Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (released in his own arrangements on Baczyński. Astronomy of the Poet (Mela Koteluk & Kwadrofonik, Fryderyk Award). Another Fryderyk came in 2021 (for Kora with Ralph Kamiński).
Since 2020, Wąsik has presented at Warsaw’s Królikarnia an original piano recital cycle titled Pianorizon, featuring refined works by crossover classical composers (Glass, Richter, Adams, Sakamoto), alternative music, as well as his own compositions.
The artist’s latest solo album, Daydreamer, featuring his arrangements of Radiohead songs, was released late in 2022.
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Szymanowski w Willi Lentza. Dwóchgłos
