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Alice Zawadzki @ City Halls & Old Fruitmarket

A profound and deeply moving journey into the heart of human grief and consolation Experience a monumental work of 20th-century classical music 50 years after it’s composition, as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs Henryk Górecki’s intensely spiritual Symphony No. 3, ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’

This meditative and powerful masterpiece, composed 50 years which became a global phenomenon, focuses on themes of loss, motherhood, and separation. Across three slow, hypnotic movements, Górecki sets powerful folk Polish texts—from a 15th-century lament of Mary, to an inscription on a Gestapo prison wall—to music of austere beauty, using a solo soprano (performed tonight by the astonishing singer Francesca Chiejina ) - and a magnificent orchestra of strings and winds, conducted by Polish conductor Pawel Kapula. The result is an unforgettable musical requiem that is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

The concert opens with the extraordinary vocalist, violinist, and composer Alice Zawadzki. Prepare for an evening of transcendental beauty and deep emotion.

“Tender in spirit and defiantly anti-genre… A cornucopia of delights’’ ★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine

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Where: City Halls & Old Fruitmarket

Candleriggs
Glasgow
G1 1NQ
United Kingdom

Who: Alice Zawadzki

Contemporary Classical Music

Loosely connected to the jazz world but realistically inhabiting her own realm, the critically-acclaimed vocalist, violinist, pianist and composer presents music from her latest release, Within You Is A World Of Spring. Diffracting through a greenwood canopy, Zawadzki’s poetic words and music illuminate her unique artistry and the concept behind her latest work. She leads an inspiring band of celebrated musicians in realising her extraordinary, often moving, occasionally droll, original songs: Fred Thomas (piano, drums, percussion, banjo, organ), Rob Luft (guitar), and Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass).

“She is a genuine original” **** The Guardian

“a voice of velvet suppleness and gutsy emotional power” – The Arts Desk

“Tender in spirit and defiantly anti-genre… A cornucopia of delights.” ★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine

“An awestruck hymn to nature that masters all manner of styles.” ★★★★ (contemporary album of the month) The Guardian

“a major statement from an increasingly significant artist.” – Music OMH

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