This week, Oliver is joined by Adela Skowronski, WFMT’s 2021 Andrew Patner Fellow. In honor of Polish-American Heritage Month, Adela offers a survey of art song by Polish composers. Her playlist highlights Maria Szymanowska, Frédéric Chopin, Witold Lutosławski, and the prolific Stanisław Moniuszko, who wrote over 300 songs and is considered to be the founder of Polish national opera.
On Polish Art Song with Adela Skowronski
Adela Skowronski, 2021 WFMT Andrew Patner Fellow
Playlist
Stanisław Moniuszko: Znasz Li Ten Kraj
Piotr Beczała, tenor
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Moniuszko: Złota Rybka
Iwona Sobotka, soprano
Anna Marchwińska, piano
Frédéric Chopin: Nie Ma, Czego Trzeba
Henryka Januszewska, soprano
Marek Drewnowski, piano
Maria Szymanowska: Pieśń z Wieży
Violetta Kowal, soprano
Malgorzata Brodniewicz, i
Szymanowska: Ballade
Patrice Michaels, soprano
David Schrader. fortepiano
Witold Lutosławski: 6 Piosenek dziecinnych (6 Children’s Songs)
II. “Kotek”
IV. “Ptasie Plotki”
Alla Polacca Choir
Tomasz Wlodarski, piano
Sabina Wlodarska, conductor
Lutosławski: Chantefleurs et Chantefables
VI. “La Rose”
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor