Pittsburgh Overture premiere at the Warsaw Autumn

The inauguration of the 55th “Warsaw Autumn” International Festival of Contemporary Music will see the first Polish performance of Krzysztof Penderecki’s piece, written in 1967 for wind orchestra, percussion, piano and double basses.
On 21 September at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will perform under the baton on Pascal Rophé. The programme also includes Roseherte by Rozalie Hirs, Zverohra by Kryštof Mařatka, Ein Brief by Mauricio Kagel, and Speakings by Jonathan Harvey.
Krzysztof Szwajgier writes about Penderecki’s piece:
“Although the Pittsburgh Overture has not yet been performed in Poland, it is present in the repertoire of the best wind orchestras in those countries where the latter belong to the local tradition. In the process of nobilitation of wind instruments, inaugurated in 20th-century music by Igor Stravinsky, the Overture is a new proposal. At the same time, it is a stage in the exploration of the peculiar and demanding wind sonority, later to be developed by other composers, particularly Witold Szalonek.”
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