Besides new ideas LEO III continues the cooperation with children in Benjamin Brittens “Noah’s Flood”, a piece of musical theatre,  half opera, half oratory . Most of the roles will be sung by children.  The church Our Lady Queen of Peace will provide the suitable ambiente.

Our interest in putting music into context  with  different areas of cultural life encourages us to combine the world of fashion, some significant  technical innovations of last century and music.  “Watch and listen” is not only a  concert and  fashion show, it is cabaret and theatre as well!  Models will be students of the Wroclaw University of Technology.  Music by Georges Antheil, the enfant terrible of the 1920s, Steve Reich, John Cage and Edward Elgar, and surprises.  Should be great fun!

The Leopoldinum Orchestra presents its fantastic stylish  versatility in a program “The Art of Fugue”, describing the breathtaking development of fugue composition  during the last three centuries. “Prelude and Fugue” by Wroclaw born pianist and composer Moszkowski will be one of the highlights in the program.  In the middle of this  program we have the privilege to premiere Grazyna Pstrokonska–Navratil’s new work for strings and harp.

And finally: “Ensembles”. The quality of a chamber orchestra  playing has a lot to do with mutual understanding between all musicians. This understanding can be achieved by encouraging ensemble players to make music in different smaller groups.
The leader of Leopoldinum, Christian Danowicz has formed a string trio with solo violist Michal Micker and solo cellist Marcin Misiak. They will play in the first part of the program.  “Leoctet” will perform in the second half of the evening Max Bruch’s Octet composed in 1920.

We thank all who put their energy into the success  of “LEO III”.

Ernst Kovacic