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Northern Ayres: an Anglo-Polish Celebration

 15 November 2008 at 7.30-10.00 

Northern Ayres: an Anglo-Polish Celebration

St. John's Smith Square, London
Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
United Kingdom
020 7222 1061
http://www.sjss.org.uk/

The Alvarez Chamber Orchestra
Geoffrey Alvarez - Conductor
Zygmunt Krauze - Pianoforte
Jeremy Huw Williams - Baritone
Rehana Browne - Flute
Arkadiusz Adamski - Clarinet


The 2008 season of the Alvarez Chamber Orchestra, launched at the Polish Embassy in January, will concentrate on British and Polish Music and two important composers who are celebrating significant birthdays: Diana Burrell will be 60, and Zygmunt Krauze, 70. Maestro Zygmunt Krauze has generously offered to play the piano parts in his works and support the orchestra by becoming its honorary vice president in 2007. Earlier this year his was awarded the Legion of Honour for his contribution to French culture.

Zygmunt Krauze : Terra Incognita
Diana Burrell : Black. Starlight. Bright. Cinnamon. Earth.
Alexandre Tansman : Sinfonietta No. 2
Geoffrey Alvarez : My Last Muse
Zygmunt Krauze : Piano Quintet
Geoffrey Alvarez : Fatntasia on Tansman's Last Theme: Alla Polacca
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