Piano — living room lion and oboe — persona non grata? Music of the time of the partitions in the original and transcript

The Department of Early Music invites you to a unique concert that will take listeners into the musical world of the first half of the 19th century, at the time of the Partitions, when Poland officially did not exist on the map of Europe. Musical instruments underwent intensive transformations at that time — the development of production technology made it possible to use innovative solutions, and the new style in music raised expectations for ease of sound extraction, intensification of dynamic and articulatory differences, but also equalization of sound. At the time, the oboe, with its still uncomplicated mechanics, appeared to be slightly less attractive than the clarinet or flute, but was it really less worthy to compose for it?

The concert program included Polish and foreign works, which were played in salons and concert halls at the time, as well as transcriptions of Polish compositions for oboe and piano. The main character of the concert will be the original piano of Johann Heilmann from Offenburg (c. 1810), on which Marek Toporowski will play. He will be accompanied by Katarzyna Pilipiuk playing on a copy of the octagonal oboe (c. 1805).

Admission is free.

Event coordinator: dr Katarzyna Pilipiuk

Concert as part of the scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Katarzyna Pilipiuk.

Piano — living room lion and oboe — persona non grata? Music of the time of the partitions in the original and transcript

Katarzyna Pilipiuk octagonal oboe
copy of the instrument by Jakob Friedrich Grundmann and Johann Friedrich Floth (c. 1805)

Marek Toporowski historical piano
original instrument by Johann Heilmann, Offenburg (c. 1810)

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photo: Konrad Mika

photo: Magdalena Hałas