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Welte Hall, CCSU
1615 Stanley St. New Britain, CT
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Saint Patrick's Church
235 Glen Street,
Glen Cove NY
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Annual Christmas Holiday Concert
Jadwiga Kotnowska, flute (Poland), The New Britain Chorale
Mozart: Flute Conc. in G-major, excerpts from the Messiah, Christmas carols
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 7:30 PM - WELTE HALL, CCSU,
NEW BRITAIN
Sunday,
DECEMBER 20, 7:00 PM -
Saint Patrick's Church,
Glen Cove NY
co-prod. with: Polish Studies, CCSU, Chopin Foundation
of NY
Program:
Frederic Chopin: Valse Brillante, Op. 34/1 (arr.
Roger Branga)
W. A. Mozart: Concerto for Flute No. 1 in G, K.
313/285c
G. Bizet - F. Borne: Carmen Fantasy
Intermission
George Frideric Handel: Overture from "Messiah"
Polish Traditional Carol: "Wsród Nocnej Ciszy"
Polish Traditional Carol: "Oj, Maluski"
George Frideric Handel: "Glory to God" from
"Messiah"
Polish Traditional Carol: "Triumfy Króla Niebieskiego"
Italian Traditional Carol: "Tu scendi dalle stelle"
George Frideric Handel: "Hallelujah" from "Messiah"
Polish Traditional Carol: "Lulajże Jezuniu"
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Jadwiga Kotnowska, flute
Members of the New Britain Chorale
Adrian Sylveen M., conductor
About the Soloist:
A laureate of top prizes in seven international
contests, including the Queen Sofia Music Competition in Madrid, the Maria
Canals Competition in Barcelona, the G.B.Viotti Competition in Vercelli,
the V. Bucchi Competition in Rome, she also won a Gold Medal and a Grand
Prix at the Festival in Bordeaux.
Apart of her studies at the F. Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, she
mastered her skills under Maestro Aurele Nicolet in Switzerland,
Jean-Pierre Rampal and Alain Marion in France.
She gave concerts at such venues as the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the
Lincoln Center in NYC, the Tivoli Hall in Copenhagen, the Grieg Hall in
Bergen (at the Bergen International Festival), the Palau de Musica in
Barcelona, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Purcell Room in London, De
Doelen in Rotterdam, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Warsaw
Philharmonic and at festivals, including the Bergen Festival-Grieg, the
Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), KLCC in Kuala Lumpur ,The Warsaw
Autumn, The Premiere Festival in Katowice, the Krzysztof Penderecki
Festival in Kraków or the Mozart Festival in Warsaw.
In her native Poland she is usually the soloist of choice for premieresof
flute concertos of contemporary composers such as Mikolaj Górecki(2005) ,
Krzesimir Dębski (1998), Aleksander Szczetyński (1999), Maciej Małecki
(2006), Dariusz Przybylski (2009), Piotr Wróbel (2008), Marta Ptaszyńska
(2008). These compositions were written especially for her.
The artist performed these concertos with such orchestras as the National
Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice during "Premieres Festival", the
National Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra led
by Marek Moś.
She was the first Polish flutist to perform Henryk Mikolaj Górecki’s flute
concerto (with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Warsaw
Philharmonic, the Moscow Philharmonic) and the Krzysztof Penderecki`s
flute concerto conducted by the composer. She also gave concerts with the
Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon under Claudio Schimone and with the Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders in Antwerp.
Jadwiga Kotnowska also participates in projects blending classical music
and jazz, working together with acclaimed jazzmen such as Andrzej
Jagodziński, Krzysztof Herdzin and Vitold Rek.
She has been recording for the radio in Spain, France, Switzerland,
Holland and the U.S., and CDs for Polskie Nagrania, MDG, Quantum (Paris) ,
Scotstown Music (Edynburgh), Tonpress (a CD with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
and Mercadante’s Concerto nominated for the Fryderyk Prize).
The artist is a professor at the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in
Bydgoszcz (Poland), she has been giving master classes in the USA,
Malaysia, Finland, France and at the Royal College of Music in London.
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The New Britain
Chorale was founded in 1971 by Lorraine Revelle under the auspices of
the New Britain Area Conference of Churches (NEWBRACC). Its first concerts
were held at St. Mary’s Church. A six-year hiatus (1974-1979) was ended
with the Chorale performing in 1980. Since that date the Chorale has
provided the people of the greater New Britain area with 19 successive
programs, with Holy Cross Church as one of its venues, and has been at the
First Lutheran Church since 2001. The mission of the Chorale is to address
the spiritual needs of the community through music. The Chorale is unique
in that it is open to all singers who desire the experience of singing the
music of “the Masters” in a large group setting, and with orchestral
accompaniment. The chorale is a community choir open to all singers who
enjoy the experience of singing the music of “the Masters”.
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