In February 2012 the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra tours the USA with Maestro Jacek Kaspszyk. During three weeks (February 6–27) the orchestra goes across the country and plays 15 concerts with various programs.

‘If I had known that it was possible to compose such a concerto for the cello, I would have tried it myself!’ Johannes Brahms is believed to have said about Cello Concerto in B minor by Antonín Dvořák. On 3 February Maciej Młodawski, The Wrocław Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra cello concertmaster, plays the solo part, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 is the other piece programmed for the concert conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk. 

Tangos known to wide audiences from films such as Scent of a Woman or True Lies, passionate, sensuous and seductive, are chosen for 2 concerts on 4 February featuring The Wrocław Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum and Al Tango Ensemble. The Argentina-born violinist Christian Danowicz leads the performers through the most famous tangos by   C. Gardel, G. Rodriguez, A. Piazzolla and J. Petersburski.

On 4 February at 11.00 am the musicians of The Wroclaw Philharmonic invite you to a Charity concert LIFE IS THE FUTURE. Revenues from ticket sales and an auction of works of art will help Agnieszka, a teenager suffering from SM. The programme includes music by    W.A. Mozart, H. Mancini, A. Piazzolla, G. Ives, Q. Jones and works by The Wrocław Philharmonic’s percussionist Miłosz Rutkowski and cellist Ewa Dymek – Kuś. 
 
On 5 February the lovers of Baroque music will be pleased with the performance of Jakub Kościukiewicz playing a cello built in Lower Silesia in 1790, and harpsichordist Ewa Mrowca. The programme features late Baroque music, heavily influenced by the Italian style, including the works of Domenico Gabrielli, the precursor of solo cello and author of the first sonatas for cello and basso continuo as well as solo ricercars.  Hӓndel, Telemann, Bach and Vivaldi add splendor to the night. 

On 10 February one of the most talented American violinists of her generation Rachel Barton Pine joins The Beethoven Academy Orchestra in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, probably the most popular piece of classical music. The concert opens with J. Sibelius’s Péleas et Mélisande written for the Maurice Maeterlink’s drama, and the Beethoven Academy Orchestra is conducted by Michał Nesterowicz.   

The 12 February choral concert at The Wrocław Philharmonic is full of wit and good humour. This time The Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir led by Agnieszka Franków – Żelazny sings well-known melodies in interesting and at times surprising arrangements for mixed choir. The concert features works by J. Kosma, C. Porter, G. Gershwin, J. Kern, V. Youmans, J. Garland, P. Gritton, E. Toch, G. Ives, F. Bridge, R. Genѐe, J. Rutter, and G. Turner.
 
Also on 12 February, at Oratorium Marianum, Alfredo Bernardini, an Italian oboist and conductor, and The Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra present the works of Baroque masters: G.F. Hӓndel, T. Albinoni, A. Vivaldi, G. P. Telemann and J. S. Bach, written and dedicated to their patrons.    

On 14 February we offer two Valentine Day concerts with a prize draw. The programme includes works from musicals as well as classical and popular hits.  

Arduous, laborious and a little boring were the adjectives ascribed in the past to etudes whose origins were entirely didactic.  Over time, composers started writing brilliant concert etudes requiring virtuosity and bravura from the performers.  Such etudes composed by F. Martin, A. Schnittke, I. Eröd and J. Suk are programmed for the concert on 17 February, featuring the soloists and Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum under the baton of Ernst Kovacic.     

On 19 February the jewels of Romantic chamber music will be performed by the famous Polish virtuosos: Konstanty Andrzej Kulka (violin), Tomasz Strahl (cello) and Krzysztof Jabłoński (piano). The programme features F. Chopin’s Grand Duo Concertant on the themes from Robert le Diable by Meyerbeer. Chopin, whose oeuvre is predominantly for piano, was involved in long-lasting friendships with cellists and wrote a few pieces for cello. The programme of the concert also includes music by J. Brahms and S. Rachmaninoff for piano trio.  

The concert closing the 2012 Carnival is of special interest to the lovers of Spanish folklore. On 21 February we invite you to Shrove Tuesday with Fiery Flamenco, featuring the widely lauded Polish group LOS PAYOS.   

The end of February at The Wroclaw Philharmonic shines with the string trios by L. van Beethoven. W.A. Mozart and F. Schubert, performed among others by the legendary Heifetz –Rubinstein-Piatigorsky trio. This time, on 26 February at Aula Leopoldina, The Lepoldinum Soloists Trio: Christian Danowicz (violin), Michał Micker (viola) and Marcin Misiak (cello) present the masterpieces of Viennese chamber music. 

 

 

 
January at The Wroclaw Philharmonic is a sparkling mixture of classical and modern music with the repertoire played during  the carnival . 

On 14 January the violinist Aagta Szymczewska, 1st Prize winner of the H. Wieniawski International Competition,  joins our talented chamber musicians to play Violin Duos by  G. Bacewicz and by M. Markowicz, our concertmaster. The programme also features Bucolics for viola and cello by W. Lutosławski. Piano Quartet in A minor by  G. Mahler and the famous Piano Quintet in F minor by  J. Brahms crown the evening.  

On 20 January our longtime friend, Bulgarian conductor Vladimir Kiradjiev, leads The Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra playing Iberia, the 2nd movement of Claude Debussy’s Images, and pianist Ludmil Angelov joins the Philharmonic to perform Debussy’s Fantasy for piano and orchestra. The programme also includes G. Gershwin’s Suite Porgy and Bess, full of Afro-American melodies and rhythms.

On 21 and 22 January we offer a real curiosity in 2 concerts with the participation of Wrocław Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum and Neue Wiener Koncert Schrammeln, a Viennese ensemble performing the city-specific mixture of folk and classical music. The makeup of this typical Viennese group contains an accordion and a counter guitar with additional 11 bass strings.

The lovers of works by Viennese Classics performed in the historically informed style will be delighted with the 22 January concert at Oratorium Marianum, featuring Katarzyna Drogosz (pianoforte) and the soloists of Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra playing the works of J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart and L. van Beethoven.