Conversation Hour Returns!

Next Friday we will have our first conversation hour of the semester! Meetings will usually take place every other Friday, but with some exceptions. Emails will be sent out through the listserve and meeting times will be posted on the upper right hand corner of this page, as usual. Locations will also be supplied. If you have any questions email uncpolishclub@gmail.com

Filharmonia Opolska

http://www.en.filharmonia.opole.pl/index.php?option=com_joomgallery&func=detail&id=31&Itemid=10

"Opole Orchestra goes on US tour
13.01.2011 10:07

The Symphony Orchestra of the Opole Philharmonic in southern Poland embarks on an extensive tour of the United States.

The Opole Philharmonic is the second Polish orchestra, after the Warsaw Philharmonic, to have been invited to the United States by the prestigious Columbia Artists Management Inc. (CAMI).

The orchestra will present six different programmes, comprising works by Brahms, Beethoven, Liszt, Richard Strauss and Mozart, as well as Polish composers – Fryderyk Chopin, Henryk Wieniawski, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Stanisław Moniuszko. The soloists include Marta Kowalczyk, an up-and-coming Polish violinist.

In all the concerts, the Opole Philharmonic will be conducted by its Music Director Bogusław Dawidow. He told the Polish Press Agency that when two years ago an e-mail came from CAMI with a preliminary proposal of a tour, he thought it was a joke, as the orchestra had had no contact with the agency before.

"I am convinced the tour will mark a milestone in the history of the Opole Philharmonic. We’ve been working hard on raising our musical skills for almost a decade and now is the time to enter the international circuit and demonstrate that Poland has more top-calibre ensembles than the Warsaw Philharmonic and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice," he said. (mk)"
For the complete article: http://www.thenews.pl/culture/artykul147248_opole-orchestra-goes-on-us-tour.html

The orchestra will be performing in Greenville, North Carolina. For information about the orchestra itself, tickets, and location, the website is:
http://www.en.filharmonia.opole.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=9

czy tutaj po polsku:
http://www.filharmonia.opole.pl/