Published: November 21 2009 00:52
It began on May 2 in Canterbury Cathedral, with a performance of Krzysztof Penderecki’s magnificent St Luke’s Passion, conducted by the composer. It finishes on the South Bank next May with a weekend of Polish jazz, folk and classical music directed by the violinist Nigel Kennedy, who lives for much of the year in Krakow, arguably southern Poland’s most beautiful city.
In between, a remarkable programme of more than 200 exhibitions, concerts – including the world premiere of Gorecki’s Fourth Symphony and a Chopin bicentenary recital by the pianist Krystian Zimerman – film screenings and other events celebrating Polish culture has been organised in venues across Britain under the banner “Polska! Year”.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4c612e24-d568-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html
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