“Rendezvous” for strings

In 1998, pupils of the Józef Elsner Secondary School of Music in Warsaw were also introduced to Arne Nordheim’s music.

As part of Nordic Culture Year, the school symphony orchestra, under its conductor Jan Zakrzewski, prepared a concert of Norwegian music, which opened with the third movement (Nachruf) of Nordheim’s Rendezvous for strings (1986). The concert, under the patronage of the Norwegian embassy, took place at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio of Polish Radio on 28 October 1998. (jc)