The Board of Directors of Helena Modjeska Art And Culture Club has the pleasure to invite members and guests to a FREE CONCERT at the Santa Monica Library (601 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401) - Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium - on SATURDAY, 29 February 2020 at 4:00 p.m. The performance will start at 4:30 and RSVP is requested to prezes@modjeska.org.
"GROSZKI I ROZE"
"SWEET PEAS AND ROSES"
Concert by Dominika Świątek and Andrzej Perkman
The concert consists of two parts. The first are songs once sung by
Ewa Demarczyk, i.e. great literary and musical masterpieces such as:
"Carousel with Madonnas", "Poems of War", Skrzypek Hercowicz ","
Tomaszów ", the monumental" Grande Valse Brillante "and the title" Peas
and Roses " .
The second part will include songs by the brilliant Polish poet and bard - Jacek Kaczmarski. In addition to the well-known "Our Class" and "Sources", less popular songs such as "Sparks and Tears" and "Mucha in a Glass of Lemonade" will be performed. The whole concert is a tribute to great Polish poetry and Polish composers. This is a presentation of a very important part of Polish culture and the wonderful tradition of Polish poetic song.
The second part will include songs by the brilliant Polish poet and bard - Jacek Kaczmarski. In addition to the well-known "Our Class" and "Sources", less popular songs such as "Sparks and Tears" and "Mucha in a Glass of Lemonade" will be performed. The whole concert is a tribute to great Polish poetry and Polish composers. This is a presentation of a very important part of Polish culture and the wonderful tradition of Polish poetic song.
Dominika Świątek - singer, composer, poetry interpreter, Polish philologist Music director of the Hybrydy Theater of the University of Warsaw, She published three CDs with her compositions to poems of Polish poets: "Prophecy" with poetry of Juliusz Słowacki, "Seventh Angel" with poetry of Zbigniew Herbert, and "Coraz ciszej" "To the poems of the contemporary poet Jerzy Hajduga. Decorated with the medal of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage "Distinguished for Polish Culture".
Andrzej Perkman - pianist, composer, arranger, lecturer at the Theater Academy in Warsaw, he cooperates with Warsaw theaters: incl. National, Contemporary, Dramatic, Rampa, Roma, Studio.
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PHOTOS FROM CHOPIN PLAY AND THE MODJESKA PRIZE
L TO R: Seated Agata Pilitowska, Maria Nowotarska. Standing Chris Justin, Ela Trybus, Maja Trochimczyk, Beata Czajkowska, Anna Sadowska, Ela Przybyla, Ewa Barsam, Vice Consul Pawel Lickiewicz
Ela Przybyla and Ewa Barsam in conversation with Agata Pilitowska
Maja Trochimczyk, Maria Nowotarska, Agata Pilitowska
Ela Trybus and Maria Nowotarska, Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens
Ela Trybus, Maria Nowotarska, Agata Pilitowska, Marek Szczerba at the Huntington Library
