The Festival was most proud to offer the following events, November 13-16, 2014. These were the first four of what we hope will become an annual cycle of concerts honoring Ignacy Jan Paderewski. This cycle included four lectures on the life and artistic contributions of Paderewski and three piano concerts by distinguished and accomplished pianists.
Thursday, November 13, 7:00pm
City of Raleigh Museum (CORMuseum), 220 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh
Free lecture: Dr. Alvin M. Fountain II, Honorary Consul, Republic of Poland, Raleigh ”Raleigh and Paderewski: An Unusually Close Connection”
Friday, November 14, 7:30pm
Meredith College, Carswell Recital Hall
Lecture by Adam Wibrowski (Krakow, Paris), Professeur de Piano, Conservatoire de Paris ”Warsaw: Formative Years”
Pianist: Andrew Tyson, (New York), Curtis Institute; Chopin contestant in Warsaw, 2010
Saturday, November 15, 2:30pm
Saint Mary’s School, Smedes Parlor
Lecture by Adam Wibrowski (Paris, Krakow), Professeur de Piano, Conservatoire de Paris ”Paris: Breakthrough to Fame”
Pianist: Krzysztof Książek (Poland), Second Place, Paderewski Competition in Los Angeles, California, 2013
Sunday, November 16, 2:30 pm
North Carolina Museum of Art, Main Auditorium
Lecture by Maja Trochimczyk (Los Angeles), President of Moonrise Press and Board Member, Polish American Historical Association ”New York/Raleigh: Triumph in the English-Speaking World”
Pianist: Peter Toth (Hungary), First Place, Paderewski Competition, Los Angeles, California, 2013; International F. Liszt Record Grand Prix from the Hungarian Liszt Society, 2006
The three concert programs follow.
PIANO CONCERT
First Annual Paderewski Festival
Raleigh, North Carolina
Andrew Tyson
Meredith College, Carswell Recital Hall
3800 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Friday Evening, 7:30pm
November 14, 2014
Menuet in G. Op. 14, No. 1 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Humoresques de concert
Intermezzo Polacco, Op. 14, No. 5 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Humoresques de concert
Four Mazurkas, Op. 30 Fryderyk Chopin
No. 1 in C minor
No. 2 in B minor
No. 3 in D-flat major
No. 4 in C-sharp minor
Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26, No. 1 Fryderyk Chopin
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 Fryderyk Chopin
Intermission
Prelude No. 1 “D’ombre et de silence” (1973) Henri Dutilleux
Prelude No. 2 “Sur un même accord” (1977) Henri Dutilleux
Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 Robert Schumann
PIANO CONCERT
First Annual Paderewski Festival
Raleigh, North Carolina
Krzysztof Książek
Saint Mary’s School, Smedes Parlor
900 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, North Carolina
Saturday Afternoon 2:30pm
November 15, 2014
Variations in A-major on “Come un agnello” (Sarti), K460 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Nocturne in F-sharp minor, Op. 48, No. 2 Fryderyk Chopin
Etude in E-minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Fryderyk Chopin
Etude in F-major, Op. 10, No. 8 Fryderyk Chopin
Fantasia in F-minor, Op. 49 Fryderyk Chopin
Intermission
Variations in A-major, Op. 16, No. 3 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Three Mazurkas, Op. 50 Fryderyk Chopin
No. 1 in G-major
No. 2 in A-flat major
No. 3 in C-sharp minor
Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44 Fryderyk Chopin
Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42 Fryderyk Chopin
PIANO CONCERT
First Annual Paderewski Festival
Raleigh, North Carolina
Peter Toth
North Carolina Museum of Art Auditorium
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, North Carolina
Sunday Afternoon 2:30pm
November 16, 2014
Nocturne in B major Ignacy Jan Paderewski
from Miscellanea, Op. 16, No. 4
Ballade in G minor, Op. 23 Fryderyk Chopin
Polonaise, Op. 9, No. 6 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Intermission
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude Ferenc Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S 173, No. 3
Legend No. 2 Ferenc Liszt
Saint François de Paule marchant sur les flots, S 175, No. 2
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 Ferenc Liszt