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    2024 Paderewski Lecture-Recital concert program

    October 20, 2024
    7:00 p.m.

    Celebrating Henryk Wars/Henry Vars (1902-1977)
    UNESCO Honors & 40 Years of the USC Polish Music Center

     
    Selected Greatest Hits by Henryk Wars in their Original Band Arrangements
    With Program Commentary by PMC Director Marek Zebrowski
     
    Presented by
     
    Logo for the USC Thornton Polish Music Center
     
    In cooperation with
     
    Logos for Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, POLAM Federal Credit Union, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club, and FINA

    Program

    New York Times (1927)
    Foxtrot from the music revue: Może tak? [Could It Be So?]
    Karuzela Theatre, Warsaw

    Kochaj mnie, a będę Twoją [Love Me, and I’ll Be Yours] (1930)
    Tango from the musical revue: Gwiazdy Warszawy [Warsaw’s Stars]
    Morskie Oko Theatre, Warsaw

    Czy tutaj mieszka Panna Agnieszka? [Does Miss Agnes Live Here?] (1937)
    Tango from the film: Trójka hultajska [The Three Bums]

    Czekałam tyle dni… [I’ve Waited So Many Days] (1938)
    Slow-fox from the film: Druga młodość [Second Youth]

    Dlaczego nie chcesz spać? [Why Won’t You Fall Asleep?] (1938)
    Slow-fox/Lullaby from the film: Paweł i Gaweł [Tweedledum and Tweedledee]

    Ach! Jak przyjemnie… [Oh! It’s So Nice…] (1938)
    Foxtrot from the film: Zapomniana melodia [The Forgotten Melody]

    Ensemble

    Derek Zimmerman, conductor
    Sharon Lavery, faculty mentor
     
    Accordion
    Lara Urrutia
     
    Banjo/Guitar
    Joseph Douglass
     
    Brass
    Jorge Araujo-Felix
    Cameron Davidson
    Sean Harbour
    EJ Miranda
    Terrance Cowley
    Remee Ashley
     
    Percussion
    Dashiell Fabela

    Piano
    Yejin Kwon
     
    Strings
    Jon Carranza
    Xander Lee
    Mingchen Ma
    Anusha Madapura
    Stephen Nishi
     
    Woodwinds
    Brian Camarillo
    Sophia Flores
    Cole Lindsay
    Jesus David Milano Melgarejo
    Louis Milne
    Ardeshir Pourkeramati
    Antonina Styczen-Leszczynska
    Yoo Min Sung
    Kai Suzuki
    Julianna Townely