The recital of the exciting bassoonist of the young generation Katarzyna Zdybel-Nam with the pianist Szczepan Kończal will be an excellent opportunity to listen, among others, to the bassoon repertoire created in the 19th and 20th centuries. So we will hear the works of Roger Boutry and Robert Schumann, but also Juliusz Łuciuk or Paweł Mykietyn’s new work composed for Katarzyna.

The evening will begin with the sounds of the Fantasy No. 3 in B minor by one of the leading composers of the Baroque period, Georg Philipp Telemann, arranged by an eminent German bassoonist. It will precede the Sonata in G minor for bassoon and piano op. 24 no. 5 by François Devienne – a valued teacher, composer and acclaimed flute and bassoon virtuoso in the eighteenth-century France. The Three Romances for bassoon and piano op. 94 was composed by Robert Schumann in December 1849, not long before he suffered a severe nervous breakdown. The composer, in accordance with his philosophy, treats the leading part of the bassoon as a part of the whole, in which the piano plays an equally important role. The outer movements emerge as if from the darkness, while the middle movement enchants with the clarity of the sound. The programme of international composers will be complemented by the more avant-garde Interférences I for bassoon and piano by Roger Boutry – a French composer, pianist and conductor, a student of Nadia Boulanger. The artist’s contribution to the development of the 20th-century repertoire for brass and woodwind instruments was invaluable, as he regularly composed for trumpet, trombone and horn. 

This evening we will also hear works by Polish composers: Juliusz Łuciuk, who died less than two years ago, and a new piece for solo bassoon by Paweł Mykietyn, composed specially for Katarzyna Zdybel-Nam. Earlier this year, Mykietyn was awarded a European Film Award for the music to Jerzy Skolimowski’s IO, for which he was also awarded at last year’s Cannes festival.