Mieczysław Karłowicz - Episode at a Masquerade, Op. 14 (1908/13)

Epizod na maskaradzie (Episode at a Masquerade), Op. 14 (1908, unfinished; completed by Grzegorz Fitelberg in 1913)
The last symphonic poem by Polish composer Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876-1909). The content of the programme is uncertain. According to certain sources, the tone poem depicts an encounter between former lovers at a boisterous, hectic masked ball; others have suggested that the work is based on Ivan Turgenev's short story "Three Meetings", in which the narrator meets a woman who is very disturbed by the sight of a former lover at a ball. Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879-1953), the composer and conductor who completed the piece which was left unfinished at Karłowicz's death, believed that the key to the programme of the symphonic poem lies in a fragment of text found in Karłowicz's sketch:
"SHE (aloud): I do not know you ... (undertone) Go! ... What is passed will not return ... Do you hear? Go - Forget! ..."
Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

[@QuebrandobarreirasBr]

The very best of Karlowicz music, a brilliant composer. Unfotunately he died very young (aged 32) in an avalanche while skiing in a mountain.

[@bialapodlaska1000]

A brilliant composer. So sad that we lost him at such a young age.

[@sagavir1506]

Love this composer- so imaginative and still unafraid of being melodic- so grateful that he left us with this beauty as well as his other compositions. Highly recommended for persons who want to journey to classical romantic heaven but also for those who appreciate the dreaminess of Debussy and Ravel-

[@gerardbegni2806]

The few people who are interested by Karlowitz see him as a postromantic interested in philosophic ideas, a bit like Mahler or even Scriabine. His serenade for strings op. 2 and this piece show him from another side. The orchestration is brillant as usually.

[@Paul-iv9mt]

Thank you for introducing me to this composer.

[@Jzweizwanzig]

Piękna muzyka.

[@MegaCirse]

What is most real for inspired musicians are the illusions they create with their pictures and musics. The rest is just quicksand 🤠

[@Chorson]

People here only copy/plaste