Emerson String Quartet: Eugene Drucker – violin Philip Setzer – violin Lawrence Dutton – viola Paul Watkins – cello

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op. 135 Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 Franz Schubert String Quartet in A minor ‘Rosamunde’, D. 804

Opening of the 20th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival

Yeol Eum Son – piano Heli Veskus – soprano Bernarda Fink – mezzo-soprano Michael Schade – tenor Markus Eiche – baritone Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Henryk Wojnarowski – choir master Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Jacek Kaspszyk – conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 80 Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

Laureates of piano competitions

Andrew Tyson – piano Winner of Concours Géza Anda 2015 Juan Pérez Floristán – piano Winner of the 18th Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition 2015 Filippo Gorini – piano Winner of International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn 2015

Ludwig van Beethoven 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120 *** Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 18 Maurice Ravel Sonatine Manuel de Falla Fantasía Bética *** Maurice Ravel Miroirs George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Marta Kowalczyk – violin Arto Noras – cello Barry Douglas – piano Sinfonia Varsovia John Axelrod – conductor

Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto in C major, Op. 56 Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Claudio Bohórquez – cello The Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra Julian Rachlin – conductor

Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Szymon Nehring – piano Santander Orchestra Jerzy Maksymiuk – conductor

Jerzy Maksymiuk Vers per archi Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on the theme by Paganini, op.43 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 9 in E flat major Op. 70

Claudio Bohórquez – cello Katia Skanavi – piano

Robert Schumann Fantasiestücke op. / Op. 73 Fryderyk Chopin Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 65 Claude Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano L. 135 Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A major for Piano and Cello, Op. 69

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Szymanowski Quartet: Agata Szymczewska – violin Grzegorz Kotów – violin Vladimir Mykytka – viola Marcin Sieniawski – cello

Wacław z Szamotuł 3 Chorales arranged for string quartet Joseph Haydn String Quartet in B minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Karol Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 arranged for string quartet Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3

Part I Gary Griffiths (Bartley) – baritone Nicole Percifield (Cathleen) – soprano Kathleen Reveille (Maurya) – mezzo-soprano Evanna Chiew (Nora) – mezzo-soprano Anna Fijałkowska (The woman) – soprano Warsaw Philharmonic Women’s Chamber Choir Warsaw Chamber Opera Sinfonietta Łukasz Borowicz – conductor Part II Jonathan Lemalu (Falstaff) – bass-baritone Eric Barry (Prince Hal) – tenore Paweł Kołodziej (Poins) – bass Krzysztof Szumański (Bardolph) – baritone Kathleen Reveille (Doll Tearsheet) – mezzo-soprano Adam Zdunikowski (Peto) – tenore Gary Griffiths (Pistol) – baritone Nicole Percifield (Hostess) – soprano Mateusz Stachura (Gadshill) – baritone Sebastian Gunerka, Krzysztof Chalimoniuk - Pistol’s two companions Miłosz Kondraciuk, Marek Wota, Tomasz Warmijak - soldiers Warsaw Chamber Opera Sinfonietta Łukasz Borowicz – conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams Riders to the Sea Opera in 1 act (concert performance) Gustav Holst At the Boar’s Head, Op. 42 Opera in 1 act (concert performance)

Michel Lethiec & Friends Michel Lethiec – clarinet Villu Veski – saxophone Tomasz Januchta – double bass Meccore String Quartet: Wojciech Koprowski – violin Jarosław Nadrzycki – violin Michał Bryła – viola Karol Marianowski – cello

Evening in New York Morton Gould Hommage to Benny George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Villu Veski Arrival Leonard Bernstein West Side Story Villu Veski arr. Jazz Club 1962

(Polski) Recital fortepianowy - Szekspir w muzyce

Alexei Volodin – piano

Sergei Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Suite for Piano, Op. 75 Felix Mendelssohn Scherzo from Midsummer Night’s Dream, arr. S. Rachmaninoff Nikolai Medtner Tale in C sharp minor, Op. 35 No. 4 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28

Mūza Rubackytė – piano Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka – viola Shanghai Quartet: Weigang Li – violin Yi-Wen Jiang – violin Honggang Li – viola Nicholas Tzavaras – cello

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Chamber version for pianoforte and string quintet (1807). Rediscovered and reconstructed according to the sources by Hans-Werner Küthen String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132

Ran Jia – piano Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Lionel Bringuier – conductor

Jörg Widmann Con brio Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Sergej Krylov – conductor and soloist

Astor Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons

(Polski) Recital fortepianowy

Konrad Skolarski – piano

Jean-Baptiste (John) Loeillet Lesson I in E minor Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in C sharp minor “Moonlight”, Op. 27 No. 2 Fryderyk Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 Ballade in F minor, Op. 52 Ferenc Liszt Spanish Rhapsody S. 254 Alexander Scriabin Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28 Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

Xavier de Maistre – harp Martin Grubinger – percussion Sinfonietta Cracovia Jurek Dybał – conductor

Alberto Ginastera Harp Concerto, Op. 25 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 John Corigliano “Conjurer” Concerto for Percussion and String Orchestra

Anne Akiko Meyers – violin Łukasz Kuropaczewski – guitar Sinfonia Varsovia Maximiano Valdés – conductor

Karol Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 Krzysztof Penderecki Viola Concerto, arr. for guitar Symphony No. 4

Thomas Hampson – baritone NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg Krzysztof Urbański – conductor

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche - Symphonic Poem, Op. 28 Gustav Mahler 5 Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

Simona Šaturová – soprano Lucia Duchoňová – mezzo-soprano Corby Welch – tenor Burak Bilgili – bass-baritone Polish Radio Choir Szymon Wyrzykowski – choir master Górecki Chamber Choir Włodzimierz Siedlik – choir master Beethoven Academy Orchestra Rolf Beck – conductor

Gioachino Rossini Stabat Mater Ludwig van Beethoven Christus am Ölberge Op. 85

Michael Weinius (Parsifal) – tenor Yvonne Naef (Kundry) – soprano Tomasz Konieczny (Amfortas) – baritone Frank van Hove (Gurnemanz) – bas Andreas Hörl (Titurel) – bas Jaco Venter (Klingsor) – baritone Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice Alexander Liebreich – conductor

Richard Wagner Parsifal (selected scenes)

Subsidised by National Centre for Culture under programme Chrzest 966

Johanna Rusanen – soprano David Pershall – baritone Nikolay Didenko – bass Krzysztof Gosztyła – narrator Warsaw Philharmonic Choir Henryk Wojnarowski – choir master Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Cracow Teresa Majka – choir master Warsaw Boys Choir Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz – choir master Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Krzysztof Penderecki – conductor

Krzysztof Penderecki St. Luke Passion