“Our repertoire must send a strong message, and the Fifth was not a light choice,” says Wilson. “The opening four notes were famously used as a sign of resistance in occupied Europe during the second world war, and the BBC used it during blitzkrieg. It is about resilience. It reminds us that art is a political weapon. Every time I go to Ukraine, I realise that I am playing Russian roulette, I could be killed. But I would rather fight than not do anything. My baton is my weapon.” Teatr w Polsce

„Suite from the opera „Mothers of Kherson” by Ukrainian composer Maxim Kolomiiets. This moving tribute to the Ukrainian women who traveled nearly 5,000 kilometers behind enemy lines to free their children held captive by the Russian authorities. The suite is based on a new opera composed by Kolomiiets to a libretto by George Brant, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera in Warsaw”. (Orfeo)