The last Sunday evening of this year’s “Contrasts” is an excellent opportunity to dive into the breathtaking labyrinths of famous examples of world contemporary music, and the opportunity to feel the power of the ideas of Ukrainian authors. Exercises of the “flowering garden” of musical language by Yevhen Stankovych, effective combinations of acoustic instruments and electronics by Ostap Manulyak, and intelligent searches of Arnold Schoenberg and Witold Lutosławski – make that contrasting quintessence at the end of the 28th Festival!

Artists:

• Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra — Sinfonietta:
  Nataliia Kozhushko-Maksymiv, flute
  Yurii Khvostov, oboe
  Mykhailo Zakopets, English horn
  Mykola Hrechukh, clarinet piccolo, clarinet
  Vasyl Boretskyi, clarinet
  Oleksandr Vavryniuk, bass-clarinet
  Andrii Tkachuk, bassoon
  Andrii Budai, double bassoon
  Oleksandr Kholodiuk, horn
  Ruslan Litvinchuk, horn
  Oleksandr Ratsyn, trumpet
  Oleksandr Martynov, trombone
  Volodymyr Veretelnyk, percussion
  Anna Ivanyushenko, harpsichord
  Maksym Shadko, piano, synthesizer
  Mykola Haviuk, violin 1
  Maryna Hromadska, violin 2
  Ustym Zhuk, viola
  Olha Boichuk, cello
  Yarema Kitsyla, double bass
• Vincent Kozlovsky (PL), conductor

Program:

• Ostap Manulyak (1983).  “Reprogression” for 14 performers and electronics. Commisioned by “Contrasts” Festival (2022, world premiere)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994). “Chain 1” for 14 performers (1983)
• Yevhen Stankovych (1942). “Music for heaven musicians” or “Microsymphonies” for wind quintet (1993)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951). Chamber Symphony No. 1, op. 9 (1906)

With the support of the ZAiKS, the authors Society, the Polish Music Publishing House PWM and the RenesArt Foundation

Moderator: Polina Kordovska

Live broadcast provided by:
Andrij Zelenyj, camera
Mykola Khshanovskyi, live broadcast director
Marian Lesiuk, sound director
Bohdan Sehin, producer

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