Conductor: En Shao; Soloist: Miha Haas, piano and Elżbieta Karaś-Krasztel, piano
Programm:
W. Lutosławski: Little Suite
F. Chopin: Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra in E minor, Op. 11
Z. Krauze: Piece for orchestra No. 2
F. Chopin: No. 2 for piano and orchestra in F minor, Op. 21
“We love Chopin!”
The fifth concert of the Chromatics subscription season will celebrate the music of Polish composers and will be a collaborative effort between the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the embassy of the Republic of Poland. We will commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Frédéric Chopin with the performance of both of his piano concertos. Appearing as soloists will be two Slovenian pianists selected by an international panel as the winners of the competition, “We love Chopin!”. The central part of the program will be complemented by compositions by two other Polish composers of the 20th Century. Little Suite, composed by Witold Lutosławski on order from Polish radio, was conceived from folk melodies from the area of Krakow. All compositions will be performed under the expert guidance of the Chief Conductor of the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, En Shao.