This Is What Poetry Sounds Like

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Many Polish composers have set poems to music, thereby contributing significantly to the
development of the Polish art song and vocal music.
Among them are such greats as Stanisław Moniuszko, Fryderyk Chopin, Mieczysław
Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski, and many others.

Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849) became world-famous primarily for his piano music, but his 19
Polish songs (Op. 74) are significant works of the Romantic art song. They
are based on texts by Polish poets such as Adam Mickiewicz and Stefan Witwicki and
were published posthumously. Among the best known are “Życzenie” (“Wish”), “Wiosna”
(“Spring”), and “Smutna rzeka” (“Sad River”).

Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872), best known as the “Father of Polish Opera,”
set numerous poems by Polish Romantics to music. He composed over 300 songs, which are collected in the “
” “Śpiewnik domowy” (Home Songbook).

Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), a Symbolist and symphonist, set to music poems by Kazimierz
Przerwa-Tetmajer, Maria Konopnicka, Adam Asnyk, and others.

Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) was a prominent Polish composer and pianist who is considered a
, a leading representative of modernism and the “Young Poland” group. He combined Polish
tradition with European modernism and paved the way for later Polish
composers such as Lutosławski and Penderecki. His major works include the opera *King
Roger*, two violin concertos, the *Stabat Mater*, four symphonies, and numerous piano works. He
set to music, among other things, poems by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, often in an impressionistic
or late Romantic style.

Polish composers
—who are largely unknown in Germany—have also written very interesting vocal works, such as Ludomir Różycki, Jan Gall, Zygmunt Noskowski,
Stanisław Niewiadomski, and many others.

The concert will feature selected works by well-known and lesser-known Polish
composers, performed by young artists from Culture Connects.

Admission:
€15: Regular price
€10: Reduced price for high school and college students, individuals eligible under the Social Code (SGB), and members of the DPG Hamburg
Reservations and advance ticket sales via email at karten@culture-
connects.de and at the box office

Eine Veranstaltung vom Förderverein Culture Connects e.V. Hamburg in Kooperation mit der Deutsch-Polnischen-Gesellschaft Hamburg e.V.