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We invite you to a per­for­ma­tive con­cert based on the poem “Splen­dor” by an out­stand­ing Jew­ish poet of the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry, cre­ator of the mod­ern Hebrew lan­guage – Chaim Nach­man Bialik.

The con­cert will fea­ture: actor Adam Woronow­icz, musi­cians from Hash­tag Ensem­ble and the choir of State Music School I st. no. 1 named after Oskar Kol­berg in War­saw. The con­cert was direct­ed by Katarzy­na Michałkiewicz, with music com­posed by Woj­ciech Błażejczyk.

The poem “Splen­dor” refers to the Jew­ish, mys­ti­cal “Book of Splen­dor” and is a sto­ry about the pro­tag­o­nist’s jour­ney back to child­hood. As a child, he expe­ri­enced the mys­tery of tran­scen­dence; he recalls this mem­o­ry and points to the pres­ence of God in the world – espe­cial­ly in the stun­ning beau­ty of nature.

Tak­ing the form of a per­for­ma­tive con­cert, we exam­ine the rela­tion­ship between music and the word, and also explore rela­tions between the instru­ment that is the human voice and acoustic and elec­tron­ic instruments.

Dur­ing the con­cert we will hear: a string trio (vio­lin, vio­la and cel­lo), eth­nic instru­ments (duduk, zither, cim­balom and psaltery), as well as an elec­tron­ic lay­er and mez­zo-sopra­no and chil­dren’s choir.

Performers

Adam Woronow­icz nar­ra­tor
Mar­ta Grzywacz vocals
Mar­ta Piórkows­ka vio­lin
Alek­san­dra Demows­ka-Made­js­ka vio­la
Robert Dacko cel­lo
Oli­wier Andruszczenko duduk
Woj­ciech Błaże­jczyk zither, psaltery, cim­balom, elec­tron­ics
Fran­ciszek Gross boy’s voice
Ido Levinger voice in Hebrew
Choir of State Music School I st. no. 1 named after Oskar Kol­berg in War­saw
Lil­ian­na Krych con­duc­tor

Realization

Katarzy­na Michałkiewicz script and direc­tion
Woj­ciech Błaże­jczyk music
Salomon Dyk­man trans­la­tion of poems and poems
Mag­dale­na Trza­skows­ka choir prepa­ra­tion
Kos­ma Standera sound direc­tion

Con­tem­po­rary Music Space Hash­tag Lab is co-financed by the City of Warsaw.

Tickets

40 PLN