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composer of the week
karol szymanowski
January 2020
(1882 - 1937)
Part 1: Tymoszówka
Donald Macleod explores the richly stimulating artistic environment in which
Szymanowski grew up and thrived on his family estate.
The
reshaping of Europe at the end of the First World War had a defining
effect on Karol Szymanowski. As Europe was being reapportioned, the comfortable
world he’d known up to that point vanished for good. His family’s comfortable and
cultured life disappeared, their assets wiped out by the October Revolution. From
that point on, Szymanowski ceased to be a man of some privilege, able to compose
in the relative seclusion of his family’s estate in what was then part of Ukraine. He
needed to support himself and his mother and sisters but he found himself ill-
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BBC COTW Karol Szymanowski Jan 2020
equipped temperamentally to deal with this dramatic change in his lifestyle. He
became increasingly weighed down by illness, quite probably tuberculosis.
That,
coupled with a chain-smoking habit and struggles with alcoholism, were to take
their toll. He died in poverty at the age of just 54 in 1937.
Across the week, Donald Macleod explores five distinct influences on
Szymanowski’s music, starting with his formative years growing up in a family with
a passion for the arts. As a young student, his studies in Warsaw led him towards
the language of Richard Strauss and Max Reger, while his love of travel directed
him towards impressionism, the ancient world and the Orient. Meeting Stravinsky
in Paris and hearing the Ballets Russes was another turning point, as was in his
later years in particular, his commitment to establishing a national musical voice for
the newly formed country of Poland.
Szymanowski’s interest in the arts was encouraged by his father. Described
by those who knew him as something of a Renaissance man, by the time he was in
his teens, Karol was already a skilled linguist, fluent in French, Russian and
German. He was a voracious reader, and interested in philosophy, all of which
found its way into his vocal and instrumental music.
Study in G flat major, Op 4 No 2
Martin Roscoe, piano
The
Swan, Op 7
Piotr Beczala, tenor
Reinild Mees, piano
L’île des sirènes (Métopes, Op 29)
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Violin Concerto No 1, Op 35
Nicola Benedetti, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op 31
Izabella Klosińska, soprano
Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
Robert Satanowski, conductor
Study for piano, Op 4 No 2


Performer: Martin Roscoe.
NAXOS 8553016. NAXOS. 9.

Karol Szymanowski


The
Swan, Op 7


Performer: Reinild Mees. Singer: Piotr Beczala.
CHANNEL CLASSICS : CCS-19398. CHANNEL CLASSICS. 10.
BBC COTW Karol Szymanowski Jan 2020
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Karol Szymanowski


Métopes (l'Îsle des sirènes)


Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
VIRGIN CLASSICS 5457302. VIRGIN CLASSICS. 8.
Karol Szymanowski


Violin Concerto No 1, Op 35


Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
Conductor: Daniel Harding.
DG 9870577. DG. 1.
Karol Szymanowski


Songs of a Fairy Princess, Op 31 (extracts)


Singer: Izabela Klosinska. Orchestra: Warsaw National Opera Orchestra.
Conductor: Robert Satanowski.
KO CH SCHWANN MUSICA MUNDI CD314001. KO CH
SCHWANN MUSICA MUNDI. 1.
Part 2: From Warsaw to Berlin
Donald Macleod traces Szymanowski's passion for the music of Richard Strauss to his
student years in Warsaw.
The
reshaping of Europe at the end of the First World War had a defining effect
on Karol Szymanowski. As Europe was being reapportioned, the comfortable
world he’d known up to that point vanished for good. His family’s comfortable and
cultured life disappeared, their assets wiped out by the October Revolution. From
that point on, Szymanowski ceased to be a man of some privilege, able to compose
in the relative seclusion of his family’s estate in what was then part of Ukraine. He
needed to support himself and his mother and sisters but he found himself ill-
equipped temperamentally to deal with this dramatic change in his lifestyle. He
became increasingly weighed down by illness, quite probably tuberculosis.
That,
coupled with a chain smoking habit and struggles with alcoholism, were to take
their toll. He died in poverty at the age of just 54 in 1937.
Across the week, Donald Macleod explores five distinct influences on
Szymanowski’s music, starting with his formative years growing up in a family with
a passion for the arts. As a young student, his studies in Warsaw led him towards
the language of Richard Strauss and Max Reger, while his love of travel directed
him towards impressionism, the ancient world and the Orient. Meeting Stravinsky
in Paris and hearing the Ballets Russes was another turning point, as was in his
later years in particular, his commitment to establishing a national musical voice for
the newly formed country of Poland.
BBC COTW Karol Szymanowski Jan 2020
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Szymanowki's interest in German culture stemmed from childhood lessons with
his uncle Gustav Neuhaus, who introduced his young nephew to Schopenhauer
and Nietzsche. On his arrival as a young man in Warsaw this immersion into
German art forms took on a musical shape as it began to percolate into his own
compositions.
Mazurka, Op 50 No 11
Roland Pontinen, piano
Desires;
The
infatuated east wind; Dance (Love Songs of Hafiz, Op 26)
Ryszard Minkiewicz, tenor
Orchestra of the Polish National Opera
Robert Satanowski, conductor
Concert Overture in E major, Op 12
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor
Piano Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 21 (2nd movement)
Martin Roscoe, piano
Symphony No 2 in B flat, Op 19 (1st movement)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leon Botstein, conductor
Mazurka, Op 50 No 11


Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
BIS CD 1137. BIS. 4.


The
Love Songs of Hafiz, Op 26 (extracts)


Singer: Ryszard Minkiewicz. Orchestra: Polish National Opera Orchestra.
Conductor: Robert Satanowski.
MARCO POLO 8223294. MARCO POLO. 1.


Concert Overture in E major, Op 12


Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
CHANDOS : CHSA-5115. CHANDOS. 1.


Piano Sonata No 2, Op 21


Performer: Martin Roscoe.
NAXOS 8553016. NAXOS. 13.


Symphony No 2 in B flat major, Op 19 (1st movement)


Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leon Botstein.
TELARC : CD-80567. TELARC. 2.
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Part 3: From Italy to Africa
Donald Macleod surveys the musical impact of Szymanowski’s travels to Italy,
Sicily and Algeria, including on his
Third
Symphony, inspired by medieval Islamic
poetry.
The
reshaping of Europe at the end of the First World War had a defining effect
on Karol Szymanowski. As Europe was being reapportioned, the comfortable
world he’d known up to that point vanished for good. His family’s comfortable and
cultured life disappeared, their assets wiped out by the October Revolution. From
that point on, Szymanowski ceased to be a man of some privilege, able to compose
in the relative seclusion of his family’s estate in what was then part of Ukraine. He
needed to support himself and his mother and sisters but he found himself ill-
equipped temperamentally to deal with this dramatic change in his lifestyle. He
became increasingly weighed down by illness, quite probably tuberculosis.
That,
coupled with a chain smoking habit and struggles with alcoholism, were to take
their toll. He died in poverty at the age of just 54 in 1937.
Across the week, Donald Macleod explores five distinct influences on
Szymanowski’s music, starting with his formative years growing up in a family with
a passion for the arts. As a young student, his studies in Warsaw led him towards
the language of Richard Strauss and Max Reger, while his love of travel directed
him towards impressionism, the ancient world and the Orient. Meeting Stravinsky
in Paris and hearing the Ballets Russes was another turning point, as was in his
later years in particular, his commitment to establishing a national musical voice for
the newly formed country of Poland.
The
stimulation of visiting foreign lands enriched Szymanowski with a wealth of
new ideas and a change in direction, with his music evoking the exotic sounds of
the Orient, tales of antiquity and the shimmering Mediterranean sun.
La fontaine d’Aréthuse (Mythes, Op 30)
Kaja Danczowska, violin
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Sérénade de Don Juan (Masques, Op 34)
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Demeter, Op 37b
Anna Malewicz-Madej, contralto
Polish State Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra
Karol Stryja, conductor
String Quartet No 1 in C major, Op 37 (3rd movement)
Apollon Musagète Quartet
Symphony No 3, Op 27:
The
Song of the Night
Jon Garrison, tenor
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