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Program
of the 2007 Sacrum-Profanum Festival of
Classical Music in Krakow.
September
16 - September 23
Note:
things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the
following program is liable to alterations.
September
16, Sunday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
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Poland’s
Aukso chamber orchestra with
France’s accomplished conductor Marc Minkowski
and Poland’s top jazz pianist Leszek Mozdzer
render George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, An
American in Paris, Catfish Row, Symphonic Suite
from Porgy and Bess, and Variations on I Got
Rhythm. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
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September
17, Monday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
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Poland's veteran jazzman,
trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, plays Miles Davis' music
together with saxophonist Joakim Milder, pianist
Alexi Tuomarila, drummer Stefan Pasborg, and
bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
| 10:00
p.m. |
Poland’s
top string quartet, Kwartet Slaski, renders Philip
Glass’ string quartets nos 1, 2 (Company),
3 (Mishima), 4 (Buczak), and
5. |
Fabryka
Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa
street. |
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September
18, Tuesday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
6:00
p.m.
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Poland’s pianist Maciej
Grzybowski and London's Royal String Quartet render
Charle Ives' string quartets no. 1 op. 57 'From the
Salvation Army' and no. 2 op. 58, piano sonatas no. 1
op. 87 and no. 2 op. 88 'Concord', plus Three-Page Sonata op. 89 and
Hallowe'en op 71. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
10:00
p.m.
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UK’s
accomplished chamber orchestra, London Sinfonietta,
performs Steve Reich’s Come Out, Violin Phase, New
York Counterpoint, and Sextet. |
Fabryka
Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa
street. |
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September
19,
Wednesday
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|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
|
Poland’s
Sinfonia Varsovia chamber orchestra with
France’s accomplished conductor Marc Minkowski
plus baritone Garry Magee perform John Adams’ Shaker Loops,
The Wound-Dresser, and Fearful
Symmetries. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
10:00
p.m.
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Schoenberg Ensemble performs Steve Reich's Drumming. |
Fabryka
Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa
street. |
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September
20, Thursday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
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Asko Ensemble
renders Elliott Carter's Asko Concerto, Dialoques, and Double
Concerto. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
10
p.m.
|
UK’s
Theatre of Voices ensemble, a 2006 Grammy Award
winner, performs its recital of John Cage’s
music, The Music of Always. |
Fabryka
Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa
street. |
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September
21, Friday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 9:00
p.m. |
An
array of Poland’s pop acts perform
songs from Leonard Bernstein’s musicals - ‘West Side Story’,
'On the Town', 'Wonderful Town', and
'Candide'. |
Building
of the former Huta
Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal
Steel Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. |
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September
22, Saturday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 9:00
p.m. |
An
array of Poland’s pop acts perform
songs from Leonard Bernstein’s musicals - ‘West Side Story’,
'On the Town', 'Wonderful Town', and
'Candide'. |
Building
of the former Huta
Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal
Steel Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. |
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September
23, Sunday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 9:00
p.m. |
An
array of Poland’s pop acts perform
songs from Leonard Bernstein’s musicals - ‘West Side Story’,
'On the Town', 'Wonderful Town', and
'Candide'. |
Building
of the former Huta
Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal
Steel Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. |
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Tickets
Culture Information Centers at
2 Sw. Jana Street
and in the Town
Hall
Tower on the Rynek
Glowny central square.
or
Box office in the Fliharmonia hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street.
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