An unparalleled master of Polish music, sounds straight from American cinema and the premiere of a jubilee piece – Sinfonietta Cracovia closes its 30th anniversary year with the Penderecki | Korzeniowski gala. The first part of the concert, showing the different faces of Krzysztof Penderecki's music, will be conducted by the ensemble's artistic director Katarzyna Tomala-Jedynak. The second movement will feature music by Abel Korzeniowski conducted by the composer himself, including the Unexpected Gravity of Green Flowers – a piece commissioned by the orchestra. The Sinfonietta will be accompanied by pianist Szymon Nehring and clarinettist Andrzej Ciepliński. It is worth mentioning a very personal feature of the gala programme: the master-student relationship between Krzysztof Penderecki and Abel Korzeniowski (the composer, who fulfils the American dream in Hollywood today, was a student of the Maestro at the Kraków Academy of Music), and the professor's support and friendship that Sinfonietta Cracovia could pride itself on since its foundation 30 years ago.

Krzysztof Penderecki Sinfonietta no. 2 (1994)
Krzysztof Penderecki Three Pieces in the Old Style (1964-1966)
Krzysztof Penderecki Chaconne (in Memoria del Giovanni Paolo II) (2005)
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Abel Korzeniowski Unexpected Gravity of Green Flowers (2024, commission on the 30 years of Sinfonietta Cracovia)*
Abel Korzeniowski Suite z filmów A Single Man, Nocturnal Animals, W.E., Emily, Till
* world premiere

Szymon Nehring piano
Andrzej Ciepliński clarinet
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Katarzyna Tomala-Jedynak condutor
Abel Korzeniowski conductor