Music - Serious Matter (Muzyka - Poważna Sprawa) is a cycle of radio broadcasts dealing with musical tradition as a medium for most important matters and discourse. The main idea of these Polish language auditions is to give whole spectrum of historic and contemporary styles. The cycle is produced since March 2022 in UWM FM - accademic radio of University of Warmia and Mazury broadcast in Olsztyn Poland (95.9 FM). It can be heard also online on uwmfm.pl and in applications. Here you can find most actual set of audition podcasts.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

2026 03 31

Podcast of the 104th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, March 31, 2026 


Playlist: 
1. Gustav Mahler — Symphony No.2 in C minor, 'Resurrection' • III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung — Kolner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester, cond. Gary Bertini
2. Igor Stravinsky — Le sacre du printemps • lAdoration de la terre — Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Georg Solti
3. Oliver Messiaen — La mort du Nombre — Barbara Hannigan, Charles Sy, Vilde Frang, Bertrand Chamayou
4. Jan Fotek — Partita na 12 kagotów i 3 kontrafagoty • I. • II. — Zespół fagocistów, cond. Kazimierz Piwkowski
5. Feliks Nowowiejski — Missa Pro Pace • Agnus Dei — Anna Dramowicz, Olsztyński Chór Kameralny Collegium Musicum, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Olsztyńskiej, cond. Janusz Przybylski

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

2026 03 17

Podcast of the 103rd episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, March 3, 2026 


Playlist: 
1. Paul Kletzki — Piano Concerto in D minor, Op.22 • I. Allegro ma non troppo — Joseph Banowetz, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Thomas Sanderling
2. Franz Schreker — Fünf Gesänge • 5. Einst gibt ein Tag mir alles Glück zu eigen — Matthias Goerne, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Christoph Eschenbach
3. Zvi Avni — Programme Music 1980 — Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Zubin Mehta
4. Alireza Amirhajebi — Integre 24 — Alireza Amirhajebi
5. Edward Sielicki — Fantazja polimorficzna na fisharmonię i taśmę — Dirk Luijmes, Edward Sielicki (Warszawska Jesień 2000)

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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

2026 03 03

Podcast of the 102nd episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, March 3, 2026 


Playlist: 
1. Chioacchino Rossini — Armida • Act 1 • "Principessa, sei tu...Amor...Possente nome!" — Javier Camarena, Cecilia Bartoli, Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, cond. Gianluca Capuano
2. Giya Kancheli — Liturgiya «Oplakanniy vietrom» • II. Allegro moderato — Yuri Bashmet, Georgian State Symphony Orchestra cond. Dzhansug Kakhidze
3. Arvo Pärt — Dla Aliny — Urszula Szyryńska
4. Szabolcs Esztenyi — Creative Music '3 • In memoriam Tomasz Sikorski — Szabolcs Esztenyi
5. Sofia Gubaidulina — Pro et contra • II — BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, cond. Tadaaki Otaka

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

2026 02 17

Podcast of the 101st episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, February 17, 2026 


Playlist: 
1. Cesar Franck — Prelude, fugue et variation, op.18 • I. Prelude, Lento • II. Fugue • III. Variation — Muza Rubackyte
2. Franz Schubert — Winterreise • VII. Auf dem Flusse — Joyce DiDonato, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
3. Franz Berwald — Grand Septet B-dur • II. Poco adagio — Members of the Wiener Oktett
4. Georg Friedrich Händel — Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno HWV 46a • Aria. Un pensiero nemico di pace (Bellezza) — Cecilia Bartoli, Les Musiciens du Louvre cond. Marc Minkowski
5. Bohuslav Martinu — Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, H. 337 • I. Moderato — Timothy Ridout, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne & Jamie Phillips
6. Viktor Ullmann — Piano Concerto op. 25 • I. Allegro con fuoco • II. Andante tranquillo, Largo — Annika Treutler, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin cond. Stephan Frucht

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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

2026 02 03

Podcast of the 100th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, February 3, 2026 


Playlist: 
01. GF Handel — Rinaldo • Aria Lascia Ch'io Pianga Mia Cruda Sorte — Cecilia Bartoli (as Almirena), The Academy of Ancient Music, cond. Christopher Hogwood
02. Antonio Vivaldi — La verita in cimento • Atto terzo. Scena 8. Aria Sia conforto alle tue piaghe — Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, cond. Jean-Christophe Spinosi
03. Carl Heinrich Graun — Cesare e Cleopatra • I. Ouverture • II. Atto Primo. Scena 1. Coro: Qual' un giorno — RIAS Kammerchor, Concerto Koln, cond. Rene Jacobs
04. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Die Zauberflote, KV 620 • Arie: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Papageno) — Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau, RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester, cond. Ferenc Fricsay
05. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Die Zauberflote, KV 620 • Arie: 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' (Tamino) — Francisco Araiza, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, cond. Sir Neville Marriner
06. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Die Zauberflote, KV 620 • Arie: 'O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!' (Konigin der Nacht) — Sumi Jo, Wiener Philharmoniker, cond. Sir Georg Solti
07. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Die Zauberflote, KV 620 • Arie: Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden, (Monostatos) — Heinz Kruse, Berliner Philharmoniker, cond. Herbert von Karajan
08. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Die Zauberflote, KV 620 • Arie: 'Der Holle Rache kocht in meiner Herzen' (Konigin der Nacht) — Edyta Gruberova. Zurich Opera Orchestra, cond. Nikolaus Harnoncourt
09. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Die Zauberflote, KV 620 • Arie: 'Papagena. Papagena. Papagena' — Staatskapelle Dresden, cond. Colin Davis
10. Pietro Mascagni — Cavalleria Rusticana • Preludio • Siciliana • Tempo I, con anima, stringendo e rinforzando sempre • Atto Unico • Coro d' introduzione — Carlo Bergonzi, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, cond. Herbert von Karajan

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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

2026 01 20

Podcast of the 99th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, January 20, 2026 

 
Playlist: 
1. Guillaume de Machaut — Je ne cuit pas (Ballade No 14) — Orlando Consort
2. Luigi Cherubini — Overture in G major — Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala cond. Riccardo Chailly
3 Justin Heinrich Knecht — Le Portrait musical de la Nature ou Grande Simphonie in G Major • I. Allegretto - Andante pastorale - Allegretto - Villanella grazioso (un poco adagio) • I. Allegretto • II. Allegretto. Tempo medemo • III. Allegro molto • IV. Allegretto. Tempo medemo • V. L'inno con variazioni. Coro Allegro con brio. Andantino — Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, concertmeister Bernhard Forck
4. Joseph Haydn — Orlando Paladino • 51. Aria 'Dell' Estreme Sue Voci Dolenti (Angelica) • 53. Coro: Son Sonfuso E Stupefatto (Orlando, Tutti) — Patricia Petibon, Michael Schade, Concentus Musicus Wien, cond. Nicolaus Harnoncourt
5. Thomas Ades — Violin Concerto 'Concentric Paths' • III. Rounds — Christian Tetzlaff, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra cond. John Storgards

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Tuesday, January 6, 2026

2026 01 06

Podcast of the 98th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, January 6, 2026 


Playlist: 
1. Evencio Castellanos — El Río de las Siete Estrellas — Orquesta Sinfonica de Venezuela, cond. Jan Wagner
2. Antonio Estévez — Mediodía en el Llano — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Domingo Hindoyan
3. Nicolo Paganini — 24 Caprices for Violin Solo, Op.1 • No.13 in B flat major — Maria Duenas
4. Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, Op.35 • I. Allegro moderato — Yuja Wang, Boston SO, Andris Nelsons
5. John Adams — Girls of the Golden West • Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance — ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Marin Alsop
6. Yuri Hung — Kanaima — Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Domingo Hindoyan
7. Julio d'Escrivan — Salto Mortal — Julio d'Escrivan

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

2025 12 23

Podcast of the 97th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, December 23, 2025 


Playlist: 
1. Mieczysław Weinberg — String Quartet No.3 in D minor, Op.14 • II. Andante sostenuto — Arcadia Quartet
2. Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor, Op.60 • II. Scherzo. Allegro — Krystian Zimerman, Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik, Yuya Okamoto
3. Grażyna Bacewicz — Symphony No.2 • II. Lento tranquillo — BBC Symphony Orchestra cond. Sakari Oramo
4. Katarzyna Brochocka — String Quintet • I. Lento. Molto legato — Maria Machowska, Stanisław Podemski, Agnieszka Podłucka. Aleksandra Ohar Sprawka, Karol Kowal
5. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki — String Quartet No.2, Op.64 'Quasi una fantasia' • I. Largo. Sostenute. Mesto — Silesian Quartet
6. Krzysztof Penderecki — Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra - I. Andante • II. Piu animato • III.Andante • IV.Allegro con brio • V.Poco meno mosso • VI.Vivace • VII. Andante recitativo — Emmanuel Pahud, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ivan Repusic

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

2025 12 09

Podcast of the 96th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, December 9, 2025 


Playlist: 
1. Orlande de Lassus — Sponsa Dei • I Sponsa Dei — The Brabant Ensemble Stephen Rice
2. Barbara Strozzi — Che si puo fare — Anastasia Kobekina, Basel Chamber Orchestra
3. Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 30 In E Major, Op. 109 • III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo — Vikingur Olafsson
4. Claude Debussy — String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, L. 85 • II. Assez vif et bien rythmé — Belcea Quartet
5. Maurice Ravel — Alborada del gracioso m.43b — Orchestre National de France, cond. Cristian Macelaru
6. Oliver Messiaen — Turangalila-Symphonie • II. Chant D'amour I. Modéré, Lourd — Yuja Wang, Cecile Lartigau, Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. Andris Nelsons
7. Charles Wuorinen — Third Piano Concerto • III = 96 — Garrick Ohlsson, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, cond. Herbert Blomstedt

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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

2025 11 25

Podcast of the 95th episode of The Music — Serious Matter
UWM FM radio broadcast, November 25, 2025 


Playlist: 
1. Fryderyk Chopin — Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65 • IV. Finale. Allegro — Jacqueline du Pré, Daniel Barenboim
2. Caroline Shaw — Limestone & Felt — Anastasia Kobekina, Mariana Doughty
3. Franz Liszt — Prelude & Fugue for piano in A minor (after Bach BWV 543) • Fugue — Khatia Buniatishvili
4. Sergei Prokofiev — Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op.16 • I. Andantino - Allegretto • II. Scherzo. Vivace • III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato • IV. Finale. Allegro tempestoso — Beatrice Rana, Orchestra Dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, cond. Antonio Pappano

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