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Polish Poems on the Underground - opening event

Czesław Miłosz / photo by Erazm Ciołek, courtesy of the Book Institute in Krakow

Monday 6 June, 6.30pm
Europe House
Smith Square
London SW1

Czesław Miłosz: A Centenary Celebration

Poems on the Underground and the Polish Cultural Institute in London present an evening of Polish poetry and music, launching a season of Polish Poems on the Underground by Czesław Miłosz, Zbigniew Herbert and Adam Zagajewski.

Guest speakers: Eva Hoffman and the Rt Hon Denis MacShane, M.P.
Readers: Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson
with the Apollo Chamber Players

Programme
Readings from Miłosz, Herbert and Zagajewski, with tributes to Miłosz by Seamus Heaney, Joseph Brodsky and others.
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-69): String Quartet No. 4
After graduating from the Warsaw Conservatory, Grażyna Bacewicz studied in Paris under Nadia Boulanger. Her 4th String Quartet was awarded 1st Prize, Concours International pour Quatuor à Cordes, Liege, 1951.

Wine will be served.

FREE but rsvp essential: joanna.zywotko(at)ext.ec.europa.eu

Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute, Arts Council England, the British Council and the European Commission Representation in London

Part of the Miłosz Year

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