The world premiere of Tadeusz Baird's Love Songs for soprano and symphony orchestra to words by Małgorzata Hillar at the 5th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music.
The work was performed by Stefania Woytowicz (soprano) and the Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Witold Rowicki on 16 September 1961 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall.
Song titles:
- Inne usa [Other lips];
- Chwila [A moment];
- Noc bez Ciebie [A night without you];
- Wspomnienie Twoich rąk [Memory of your hands];
- Czerwona klamra [Red clasp];
- Prośba do macierzanki [A request to thyme].
[programme book cover design: Waldemar Świerzy]