Day 354
Bacewicz: Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
As I am Poland for a short pre-Christmas break I thought it would be a goods opportunity to catch up with some of the Polish composers I have not previously covered in this project. Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was one of the first female composers in Poland. I had hear the name but had not encountered any of her music before. For some reason, I am not sure why, I was expecting that she would have been a representative of the avant garde but this was very much a piece in the Central European style of Hindemith or Walton. It was bright and breezy with a more lyrical middle section. I detected nothing specifically Polish in the piece - it could have been my any number of mid 20th century composers. Nothing wrong with that of course: it was an attractive piece which would make a good, if not particularly memorable, opening to a concert.
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