Koncert-Koncert – Season Finale of the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw

Programme
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy — Hebrides, Concert Overture op. 26 – 10 min
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy — Violin Concerto in E minor op. 64 – 30 min
Intermission – 20 min
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73 – 40 min

Performers
Jakub Jakowicz — violin
Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw
Jacek Kaspszyk — conductor

A concert marking the end of the season for the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw. The programme features Mendelssohn and Brahms: the Hebrides overture, Violin Concerto in E minor op. 64, and Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73. The evening's soloist is violinist Jakub Jakowicz, and the orchestra will be conducted for the first time by Jacek Kaspszyk.

The past season included celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Polish Radio and the 80th anniversary of the Orchestra, world premieres of new works by Hanna Kulenty and Marta Ptaszyńska, first performances of previously unknown orchestral compositions by Wayne Shorter, and a new symphony of Polish film music by Bartosz Chajdecki. The orchestra performed at the Copernicus Science Centre, the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, the planetarium, and a prison, and also appeared at the Fremde Erde festival in Vienna and the Crazy Days of Music in Warsaw.

Expected concert end time: 20:40.

Tickets
70 PLN — full price
50 PLN — reduced price

Reduced-price tickets are available for children under 6, students, students under 26, pensioners, and persons with a recognized disability status (upon presentation of appropriate documentation at entry).

Tickets are available at the box office of the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio one hour before the concert, subject to availability. Seats for persons with disabilities are not equipped with armchairs.