Horizon

Horizon is a sweeping cinematic concert that brings the legendary Leopoldinum Orchestra—almost fifty years of seasoned musicianship—to life under the artistic direction of Alexander Sitkovetsky, with the added virtuosity of fellow violinist Bartłomiej Nizioł. Together they thread a sonic tableau that gazes into the elusive horizon, weaving emptiness, madness, and transgression into a resonant musical journey. The program unfolds with Andrzej Panufnik’s haunting “Landscape,” where the sky dissolves into swirling gray and the composition recalls his loss of the Polish landscape in exile. It continues with Alfred Schnittke’s “Concerto Grosso No. 1” (1977), an audacious mix of Baroque, contemporary language, and tango—its thematic palette enriched by film scores such as Larissa Shepitko’s *The Ascent* (1976), Alexander Mitta’s *The Tale of How Tsar Peter Married His Moor* (1976), and Elem Klimov’s tango from *Agony* (1974‑82). After an interlude, the duo confronts Arnold Schönberg’s “Transfigured Night Op. 4,” a sextet that balances Romanticism with early expressionist daring, evoking forgiveness and the affirmation of life. The film’s narrator is yet to be announced, but the orchestra’s artistry promises to guide viewers across the undulating landscape of modern and post‑modern sound. Join us on *What’s After the Movie* to witness this extraordinary concert film that redefines the horizon of acoustic possibility.