Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - Passacaglia Immaginaria

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"Le chef d’orchestre et compositeur polonais Stanislaw Skrowaczewski dirige le Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra depuis la Alte Oper de Francfort. Il interprètera la 9e symphonie d’Anton Bruckner ainsi qu’une de ses propres compositions, la Passacaglia Immaginaria."

The Polish conductor and composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski directs the Frankfort Radio SO from the old Francfort opera house. He will interpret Bruckner's Ninth and his own Passacaglia Immaginaria.

http://concert.arte.tv/fr/stanislaw-skrowaczewski-bruckner

(It's a video.)

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Skrowaczewski Birthday Celebration

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2014/10/03/happy-birthday-stanislaw-skrowaczewski

SKROWACZEWSKI Fanfare to Ken (Birthday tribute to Kenneth Dayton on his 80th birthday, in 2002)
HUSA Happy Birthday, for String Quartet (for Stan, premiere)
SCHOENFIELD 'Sto Lat' Galop, for Piano Duet 4-hands (for Stan, premiere)
STUCKY: Najlepsze Zycaenia, for Clarinet, Flute and Piano (for Stan, premiere)
HARBISON Four Encores for Stan, for String Quartet and Narrator (for Stan, premiere, based excerpts from Stan's writings)
SCHULLER Encomium, for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Percussion and Piano (for Stan, premiere, conducted by the composer — who is in frail health and himself 87+ years old — who flew from Boston to be party to the Party for Stan)
SKROWACZEWSKI King Lynn and His Three Naughty Kobolds, for Cello, Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon (written by Stan for guest soloist Lynn Harrell, premiere)
BRUCKNER (trans. Skrowaczewski) Adagio, from String Quintet in F
SKROWACZEWSKI Symphony for Strings, Op. 25 (1947) — these two featuring the Skrowaczewski Birthday String Orchestra (MNOrch and SPCO players +) conducted by Skrowaczewski