Welcome to Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival 2009

Polish Connections is the first major celebration of Polish contemporary music to have taken place in the UK in recent years. The featured composer is Krzysztof Penderecki who conducts a team of soloists, Warsaw Boys Choir, Camerata Silesean, Polish Radio Choir Katowice and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in his great St. Luke Passion.

Performers include John Wallace with the Royal Scottish Academy Brass and members of the Philharmonia Orchestra Brass, Motion Trio, London Sinfonietta, Rolf Hind, the Grand Prix winner of the 2008 International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition, Olga Pasiecznik and the Silesian String Quartet and the Aurora Orchestra. Artists and groups at Orange Street Music Club include Oren Marshall, Stilton, Syd Arthur and The Quartet, Thomas Truax, Cibelle and Max Kletzmer Band.

Polish Connections marks the start of POLSKA!YEAR in the UK and Sounds New is particularly grateful to the Polish Cultural Institute and Adam Mickiewicz Institute for their immense generosity and support. The festival will host a wealth of UK premieres as well as many world premieres.

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