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Performance TitleKoncert 'Sto Lat' - A Concert for Poland's Centenary, in aid of The Relief Society for Poles Trust
Performance Date11 November 2018
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time18:48
Main PerformersEdyta Górniak,
Aleksandra Kurzak,
Ania Jeruc,
Anna Maria Jopek,
Anna Wyszkoni,
Kuba Badach,
Marek Ruszczynski,
Stanislaw Sojka,
Tadeusz Wozniak - vocals,
Marek Ruszczynksi,
John Paul Ekins,
Leszek Mozdzer - pianos,
Adam Palma - guitar,
Sebastian Karpiel-Bulecki - violin,
Wojtek Piekarski - speaker
Secondary PerformersStephen Ellery - saxophone
Orchestra or BandMazury Folk Dance Company,
The London Gala Orchestra,
Lombard
ChoirsSilesian Polytechnic Choir,
Ave Verum Choir,
Schola Cantorum Choir,
St John Paul II Choir,
Polish Saturday Schools Choir,
Polish Scout Choirs
ConductorsStephen Ellery
Set ListMusic by Chopin, Paderewski and Gorecki,
Medley of Polish Wartime Songs (Silesian Polytechnic Choir, Ave Verum Choir, Schola Cantorum Choir, St John Paul II Choir),
Song inspired by Chopin (Leszek Mozdzer),
Song (Adam Palma, Leszek Mozdzer),
Song, Paderewski(Marek Ruszczynksi),
'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', H Gorecki (Aleksandra Kurzak)
'Warsaw Concerto', R Addinsell (John Paul Ekins),
'Powrocisz (You Will Return)', I Santor (Edyta Górniak),
'Dziwny jest ten Swiat (It is a Strange World)', C Nieman (Edyta Górniak, Stephen Ellery)
'Barka (Lord You Have Come to the Seashore)' (Polish Saturday Schools Choir, Polish Scout Choirs),
'Mary, Did You Know' (in Polish), Pentatonix (Polish Saturday Schools Choir, Polish Scout Choirs),
Dances including Krakowiak (Mazury),
Recitation:
'Gaweda o Milosci do Ziemi Ojczystej (A Talk about Love for your Homeland)', Wislawa Szymborska (Wojtek Piekarski),
'Polsko, Nie Jestes Ty Juz Niewolnica (Poland, You Are No Longer a Slave)', Leopold Staff (Wojtek Piekarski)
INTERVAL
Shocase of Polish Contemporary Music (Anna Maria Jopek, Anna Wyszkoni, Kuba Badach, Marek Ruszczynski, Stanislaw Sojka, Tadeusz Wozniak, Lombard, Sebastian Karpiel-Bulecki)
Performance Notes11 November 2018 marks 100 years of Poland’s return to the Map of Europe – Poland’s Independence Day.

This unique concert will celebrate the Centenary, with some of the most poignant and well known Polish songs and music of the period. Poland’s finest artists will be singing not only their iconic contemporary songs but also songs from the ‘Solidarity’ era.

There will be music by Chopin, Paderewski, Górecki and Richard Addinsell’s Warsaw Concerto, The Silesian Polytechnic Choir will be joined by UK based Polish choirs to sing a medley of Poland’s finest war-time compositions – including the iconic Red Poppies on Monte Cassino. Choirs representing Polish Saturday Schools and the Scouting Movement will also contribute their youthful accent to the evening’s celebration.

All artists gave their time free of charge and the proceeds will go to Polish charitable causes.
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/8/7/2018/113Koncert 'Sto Lat' - A Concert for Poland's Centenary set list11 November 2018
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work11442Koncert 'Sto Lat' - A Concert for Poland's Centenary, in aid of The Relief Society for Poles Trust1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/22082Madera; Kasia (4 October 1975); British journalist and tv news presenter
DS/UK/22083Torbicka; Grazyna (24 May 1959); Polish journalist
DS/UK/22084Mazury Dance Company (1949-)
DS/UK/19293London Gala Orchestra (LGO); 1980s-; British orchestra
DS/UK/22085Ellery; Stephen (1966); Conductor, saxophonist
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