What's new...

October 2001 marks the tenth anniversary of Sir Andrzej Panufnik's death. This represents an important opportunity to commemorate his life and music. If you are planning a performance of a work by Panufnik and would like it to be listed here, please email the details to panufnik@atlas.co.uk

Britain

A memorial CD entitled LOVESONG has been released, featuring the WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING of Panufniuk's Lovcsong (1976) in an orchestration for harp and strings by Mark Stephenson. The CD offers superb performances by London Musici conducted by Mark Stephenson, the Chilingirian String Quartet and soprano Heather Shipp.

To order this CD from Amazon.co.uk, click here

CURRENT EXHIBITION of Panufnik musical diagrams, memorabilia and photographs at the BARBICAN MUSIC LIBRARY, open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays until 6th November 2001.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL ON 30 NOVEMBER 2001, AT 5.30pm. Everyone is welcome! As well as the music during the Mass, the service will be followed by a performans of SONG TO THE VIRGIN MARY by the JOYFUL COMPANY of SINGERS.

Poland

AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PANUFNIK'S MUSIC WILL BE HELD AT THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN KRAKOW, POLAND together with the PANUFNIK MUSIC DAYS of the Contemporary Music Club MALWA will take place in Krakow from 22nd to 25th November 2001. Details from Professor J. Paja-Stach, Instytut Muzykologii, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, ul. Westerplatte 10, 31-033 Krakow, Poland Tel: 0048 12 422 0064. Speakers from many countries.

A new Polish biography of Andrzej Panufnik by Beata Boleslawska, entitled PANUFNIK, has just been published in Poland. It is published by PWM. For further details, please contact PWM, al.Krasinskiego 11a, 31-111 Krakow, Poland.