The repertoire of pianist Justyna Skoczek and double bassist Paweł Jabłczyński, includes compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the Viennese Classicists and Joachim Stutschewsky, born in Ukraine in a klezmer family. These works will be played in arrangements for piano and double bass. 

The Magic Flute is a two-act opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder – actor, director and impresario in one person – who encouraged Mozart to compose it. The basis of the plot of this opera, or in fact a singspiel, is a fairy tale by the German poet Christoph Martin Wieland entitled Lulu or a Magic Flute. However, reflective philosophical and Masonic threads were probably woven into it at the initiative of Mozart – it is worth emphasizing that both the composer and Schikaneder belonged to the Masonic lodge. The extremely effective and varied musical layer accompanying the course of events was undoubtedly an inspiration for future generations of composers. Fascinated by its sound, Ludwig van Beethoven reached for individual arias from the opera to write variations for cello and piano. During the concert, the musicians will perform two of them: Variations in F major on the aria Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen and Variations in E flat major on the theme of the duo Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen.

This evening, we will also hear works by Joachim Stutschewsky – an excellent Israeli cellist and composer: Six Israeli Melodies, Kaddish, Jewish Song, Hassidic Suite and Legend. What they have in common is a rich musical language and a traditional Jewish idiom. The composer was involved in the Zionist movement – he organized concerts of Jewish folk and art music in Tel-Aviv and gave a series of lectures combined with recitals throughout the country, during his numerous collecting and writing down various Hasidic melodies.