NOVEMBER 17 – MUSIC OF THE MID 20TH CENTURY – OPENING CONCERT – Oratorium Marianum, 7 p.m.
(http://www.uni.wroc.pl/HISTORIA/ORA-PL.HTM – in Polish)

• William Grant Still – Here's One (1941)
• Henry Cowell – Sonata (1945) – Hymn, In Fuguing Style, Ballad, Jig, Finale
• Aaron Copland – Hoe-Down (1942)
       Anastasia Khitruk – violin & Anna Rutkowska-Schock- piano
• Robert N. Dett – In the Bottoms (1913) – His Song, Honey, Juba Dance
       Haskell Small- piano
• Benjamin Lees – Silent Voices – piano trio (1998)
       J. Pietrzak-violin, U. Marciniec-cello, H.Furmanowicz-piano
• Vincent Persichetti – Poems Vol.1 (1939)
       Mirian Conti – piano
• Samuel Barber – Despite and Still, op.41 (1969)
       1. A Last Song
       2. My Lizard (Wish for a Young Love)
       3. In the Wilderness
       4. Solitary Hotel
       5. Despite and Still
       P.Lykowski – countertenor & A.Rutkowska-Schock – piano
• Samuel Barber – Cello Sonata (1932)
       L. Grzanka – Urbaniak- cello, G. Kurzynski – piano

Still

Cowell

Lees

Persichetti

Barber

NOVEMBER 18 – GERSHWIN'S WORLD – Theatre Hall of the Academy of Music, 6 p.m.
(http://www.amuz.wroc.pl/index_e.html)

INTRO – Home movies of George Gershwin
Dr. Alicia Zizzo – Speaker

• Clarence Williams – Organ Grinder Blues (1928)
• Duke Ellington – A Portrait of Bert Williams (1940)
• Fats Waller – Ain't Misbehavin' (1929)
• Zez Confrey – Dizzy Fingers (1923)
       Mirian Conti – piano
• George Gershwin – An American in Paris (paraphrase) (1928)
       Three-Quarter Blues (1929)
       Concerto in F (1925) – Haskell Small arrangement
       Haskel Small – piano
       Preludes – 10:00 (1926)
       Anastasia Khitruk – violin & Justyna Skoczek – piano
       Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
       Mirian Conti – piano

Williams

Ellington

Waller

Confrey

Gershwin

NOVEMBER 19 – MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICA – – Filharmonia, 7 p.m.

• George Gershwin – Cuban Overture (1932)
       K. Sokolowska & A. Kozlo – 2 pianos
• Heitor Villa-Lobos – Fantasia Concertante (1953)
       J. Tatarczyk-clarinet, U. Marciniec- cello, H. Furmanowicz-piano
• Julian Aguirre – Gato (Argentina)
• Juan Jose Ramos – Milonga Sureña (Argentina)
• Rafael Landestoy – Vals de Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
• Luis Gianneo – Sonatina (Argentina)
       Mirian Conti – piano
• Agustin Barrios – Mangore: La Catedral
        Vals op.8 nr.4
• Leo Brouwer – Tarantos
• F. Bustamante – Misionera
       W. Gromolak – guitar
• Felix Mata – Silencio (Costa Rica)
• Marlos Nobre – Ogum de lé (Brazil)
• Rosa Mercedes de Morales – La Chichera (Peru)
• O. Lorenzo Fernández – Berceuse da Onda (Brazil)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos – Nhapôpé (Brazil)
        P. Lykowski – countertenor & A. Rutkowska-Schock – piano
• Alberto Ginastera – Tres Danzas Argentinas (1937)
       Danza del viejo Boyero
       Danza de la Moza Donosa
       Danza del gaucho matrero
• Astor Piazzolla – Adios Nonino (1959)
       Hubert Giziewski & Pawel Sulej – 2 accordions

Villa-Lobos

Aguirre

Landestoy

Brouwer

Piazzolla

NOVEMBER 19 – REVELATION – Academy Of Music, 4 p.m.
(http://www.amuz.wroc.pl/index_e.html)

• Michael Harrison – Revelation for Microtonal Piano (1999-2006)
       Joshua Pierce-piano
  Read Program Notes Here.

Harrison

NOVEMBER 20 – MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE – Academy Of Music, 4 p.m
(http://www.amuz.wroc.pl/index_e.html)

• John Cage – Sonatas and Interludes (1948)
       Joshua Pierce-piano
  Read Program Notes Here.

Cage

NOVEMBER 20 – WOMEN COMPOSERS – Oratorium Marianum, 7 p.m.
(http://www.uni.wroc.pl/HISTORIA/ORA-PL.HTM – in Polish)

• Amy Beach – Dreaming (1892)
       Fireflies (1892)
       Aleksandra Milcarz – piano
• Beth Anderson – Cat Songs (2001)
       B. Makal – baritone & A. Rutkowska-Schock – piano
• Judith Lang Zaimont – Piano Trio No.1 – "Russian Summer" (1989)
       A. Ladomirski- violin, M. Misiak – cello, J. Skoczek – piano
• Rebecca Clarke – Sonata for viola & piano (1919)
       M. Micker & P. Zawadzki
• Meira Warshauer – Yishakeyni (2003)
       K. Jagiello-soprano, E. Wolenska-flute, J.Skoczek-piano
• Beth Anderson – String quartet "Pennyroyal Swale" (1985)
       M. Kogut – Slanda and O. Kwiatek – violins, M. Olearczyk – viola, M. Lapka – cello

Beach

Anderson

Zaimont

Clarke

Warshauer

NOVEMBER 21 – MUSIC OF THE END OF THE 20TH & BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY – FINAL CONCERT – Oratorium Marianum, 7 p.m.
(http://www.uni.wroc.pl/HISTORIA/ORA-PL.HTM)

• Haskell Small – Lullaby of War for piano and narrator (2007))
       Haskell Small-piano and narration
       12 Snippets (1999)
       J. Krzeszowiec-flute, J. Podsiadlik – clarinet, M. Misiak – cello, H. Small-piano
• Mark Carlson – Abschied for cello and piano (1993)
       Stanislaw Firlej – cello & Grzegorz Kurzynski – piano
• Lawrence Dillon – Devotion (1996))
       J. Krzeszowiec-flute, B. Bryla -violin, M. Micker- viola, M. Misiak-cello
• Dan Locklair – In the Almost Evening – Nocturne for soprano, clarinet & piano (1983)
       K. Jagiello-soprano, J. Bokun -clarinet, K. Kluczewska – piano
• Mark Carlson – Piano Quartet – Tarantella, Song, Capriccio (1992)
       A.Rutkowska-Schock – piano, B. Bryla – violin, M .Micker – viola, M. Misiak – cello
• Paul Moravec – Tempest Fantasy (2002)
       B. Bober-violin, J. Podsiadlik-clarinet, M. Misiak-cello, E. Zawadzka -piano

Moravec

Small

Locklair

Dillon

Carlson