Lviv Virtuosos & Rewakowicz

Artists:

• Lidiia Futorska, violin
• József Örmény, piano
• Academic Chamber Orchestra “Lviv Virtuosos”
• Roman Rewakowicz, conductor

Program:

• Myroslav Skoryk – Diptych
• Henryk Mikołaj Górecki – Three Pieces in Old Style for string orchestra
• Mikołaj Piotr Górecki – Concerto notturno for violin and string orchestra
• Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for Strings, Op. 2
• Wojciech Kilar – Piano Concerto No. 2

A Ukrainian-Polish music project presented by the Lviv Virtuosos, with soloists Lidiya Futorska and Józef Örmény, under the baton of renowned Polish conductor of Ukrainian descent — Roman Rewakowicz. This year, the Polish maestro embarks on a new tour across Ukraine, continuing his decades-long mission: to promote Ukrainian music in Poland and Polish music in Ukraine.

This time, the program curated by the conductor reflects the emotional landscape Ukrainians experience daily — feelings that find release through the catharsis of creativity and the shared experience of music.

The evening begins with two poles of the human response to fate’s trials — stillness and ceaseless motion — embodied by Myroslav Skoryk in the two movements of his Diptych for strings. The evening then unfolds into a kaleidoscope of Polish music: from the lyrical tones of the Serenade by Polish Romantic Mieczysław Karłowicz, to works by two generations of Góreckis — composers who are redefining the landscape of modern Polish music.

The concert will close with Piano Concerto No. 2 by Wojciech Kilar — a profound meditation on the sorrow of loss, composed as a response to the Smolensk plane crash tragedy.