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Sergei Prokofiev - Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27

do słów Anny Achmatowej

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Material type Live Audio Recording
Date 24-09-1963
Duration 715
Description

The performance of Sergei Prokofiev's Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27 at the 7th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music.

The work was performed by Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano) and Zygmunt Krauze (piano) on 24 September 1963 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Hall.

Poem titles:

  1. Sunlight filled the room
  2. About real tenderness
  3. Thoughts of the sunlight
  4. Greetings
  5. The grey-eyed king

[programme book cover design: Wojciech Zamecznik]

Names
First and last name Sergei Prokofiev
Function Composer
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Date of birth 23-04-1891
Date of death 05-03-1953
Description Russian composer, pianist and conductor
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First and last name Cathy Berberian
Function Performer
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Date of birth 04-07-1925
Date of death 06-03-1983
Description American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy
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First and last name Zygmunt Krauze
Function Performer
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Date of birth 19-09-1938
Description Polish composer and pianist
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Polmic.pl
Events
Name 7th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
Place Warsaw
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Start date 21-09-1963
End date 29-09-1963
Related institutions
Name Polish Composers' Union
Function Organiser
Polmic.pl
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