Our Autumn 2024 talk saw Andrew Borkowski following up on the operatic journey taken in Spring earlier this year.
On this journey the audience were taken across Europe by way of eleven pieces of music which varied from operatic extracts to Carols and even a song by Edith Piaf. We started in England and finished in England visiting six other European countries and as always Andrew gave detailed background on each piece of music. Andrew always likes to include interesting little facts about the life and times of each composer or singer so that when the extract is played the listener can fully appreciate it. There were three pieces of music on our Polish stop including The Legend of the Baltic written in 1924 by Feliks Nowowiejski – a composer new to many of us.
This evening covered a wide variety of music including some pieces that are probably not widely heard which made it all the more interesting for the audience. We look forward to seeing Andrew next year for another interesting and stimulating musical experience.
Jeremy Halpenny
