Grand Finale of the 30th "Nova Music and Architecture" International Festival

• The Pomeranian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
• Toruń Symphony Orchestra
• Dainius Pavilionis (Lithuania) – conductor
   
• Urszula Guźlecka - host

Programme: 

• W. Kilar – Suite from the film Dracula
• G. Mahler – Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor (Toruń premiere)

We have prepared something truly special for the grand finale of the 30th International Nova Music and Architecture Festival. For the first time in its history, the Toruń Symphony Orchestra will perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor – a monumental work that demands the forces of a large symphony orchestra. To achieve its vast dynamic range, striking contrasts, and extraordinary emotional intensity – spanning grief and wrath, all the way to triumph – Mahler called for an expanded ensemble of strings and winds. More than one hundred musicians will take to the stage of the Jordanki Culture and Congress Centre. Joining the Toruń Symphony Orchestra will be the Symphony Orchestra of the Pomeranian Philharmonic, performing under the baton of Dainius Pavilionis. 

Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 is widely regarded as marking the beginning of the composer’s middle creative period, characterised by a more personal and reflective musical language. The symphony unfolds across five movements, the fourth of which – the Adagietto – achieved worldwide fame through its use in Luchino Visconti’s film Death in Venice. The work’s cinematic legacy extends far beyond, as Mahler’s Fifth Symphony served as a central musical and symbolic reference point in Tár, with Cate Blanchett in the title role. 

The programme will also include Wojciech Kilar’s suite from Francis Ford Coppola’s film Dracula. Recalling the beginnings of his collaboration with the acclaimed director, Kilar said: “Francis Ford Coppola, thanks to The Godfather and the first part of Apocalypse Now, had always been my favourite director. One day, at three o’clock in the morning, he called me with a proposal to compose the music for Dracula. Naturally, I agreed, for two reasons. First, I have always associated cinema with Coppola, because I admire and value precisely the kind of filmmaking that his name represents. Image, movement, action, great passions, and so on. If I seek metaphysics, I do not go to the cinema; I simply reach for my bookshelf – for Pascal, St Thomas Aquinas, or the Holy Scriptures. And second, there is no denying that, to quote The Godfather, it was an offer I couldn’t refuse.” 

The concert will be hosted by Urszula Guźlecka, a distinguished television presenter and journalist, renowned for her long broadcasting career and the authorship of hundreds of television programmes.

Mecenas Główny: Miasto Toruń 
Partner Główny: Samorząd Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego
Dofinansowano z Funduszy Europejskich
Patronat honorowy: Marszałek Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego Piotr Całbecki, Prezydent Miasta Torunia Paweł Gulewski
Mecenas Kultury - Główny Sponsor: PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.
Mecenas Strategiczny: Strabag Sp. z o.o.
Darczyńca: Konsul Honorowy Finlandii w Toruniu - Tadeusz Pająk 
Partnerzy: Pneuma Jarosław Pawlicki, Pirmedia Sp. z o.o., Maciej Zieliński - fotograf, KM Transport Jadwiga Łączyńska, Fisheye Production Marcin Rybicki, MZK w Toruniu Sp. z o.o., Filharmonia Pomorska im. Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego w Bydgoszczy
Partner motoryzacyjny: Toyota Bednarscy
Partner technologiczny: Vobacom Sp. z o.o.
Patronat medialny: TVP3 Bydgoszcz, TV Toruń, Nowości - Dziennik Toruński , Toruń Nasze Miasto, Polskie Radio PiK, POLMIC 
Organizator: Toruńska Orkiestra Symfoniczna Instytucja finansowana ze środków Gminy Miasta Toruń