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Program
of the 2009 Sacrum-Profanum Festival of
Contemporary Classical Music in Krakow.
September
13th through September 19th
Note:
things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the
following program is liable to alterations and cancellations.
September
13, Sunday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
8:00
p.m.
|
UK's
famed nu jazz ensemble, The Cinematic Orchestra,
plus Krakow's Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber
orchestra perform a remake of the 2007 Albert
Hall's concert of the former. |
Former Huta
Sendzimira steelworks, now ArcelorMittal Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. |
11:00
p.m.
|
Concert
Chris Cunningham Live. |
Teatr
Laznia Nowa playhouse at 25 Osiedle Szkolne. |
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September
14, Monday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
|
Two
outstanding modern music ensembles, Asko Ensemble
and Schonberg Ensemble with conductor Reinbert de
Leeuw perform Julian Anderson's Khorovod,
Comedy of Change, Alhambra Fantasy, and Book
of Hours. |
Muzeum
Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal
Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old
tram depot. |
| 10:00
p.m. |
Concert
of contemporary classical music features France's
Ensemble Intercontemporain with conductor Hannu
Lintu performing Jonathan Harvey's Hidden Voice
1, Hidden Voice 2, Soleil Noir/Chitra, and Bhakti. |
Teatr
Laznia Nowa playhouse at 25 Osiedle Szkolne. |
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September
15, Tuesday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
|
France's
Ensemble Recherche plus the UK's baritone Martin
Lindsay perform Peter Maxwell Davies' Ave Maris
Stella, Veni sancte - Veni creator spiritus, and
Eight Songs for a Mad King. |
Muzeum
Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal
Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old
tram depot. |
10:00
p.m.
|
the
UK's London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra with
conductor David Atherton plus soprano Elizabeth
Atherton perform Oliver Knussen's Masks,
Coursing, Ophelia Dances, Elegiac Arabesques,
Songs without Voices, Secret Psalm, and Songs
for Sue. |
Teatr
Laznia Nowa playhouse at 25 Osiedle Szkolne. |
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September
16,
Wednesday
|
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
|
UK's
London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra with conductor
David Atherton render Harrison Birtwistle's Cortege,
Cantus Iambeus, Ut Heremita Solus, Carmen Arcadiae
Mechanicae Perpetuum, Virelai, and Secret
Theatre. |
Muzeum
Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal
Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old
tram depot. |
10:00
p.m.
|
Concert
of contemporary classical music features
Germany’s Ensemble Modern with conductor Franck
Ollu plus soprano Keren Motseri, alto Hilary
Summers, violinist Jagdish Mistry, and violists
Megumi Kasakawa and Patrick Judt performing George
Benjamin's Into the Little Hill, Three
Miniatures, Viola Viola, and At First Light. |
Teatr
Laznia Nowa playhouse at 25 Osiedle Szkolne. |
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September
17, Thursday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
7:00
p.m.
|
Austria's
famous modern music ensemble, KlangForum Wien with
conductor Emilio Pomarico plus flutist Vera Fischer
play Brian Ferneyhough's Funerailles I,
Funerailles II, Cassandra's Dream Song, and
Chronos-Aion. |
Muzeum
Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal
Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old
tram depot. |
10
p.m.
|
Germany’s
Ensemble Modern with conductor Stefan Asbury plus
guitarist John Parricelli, percussionist Ian
Thomas, saxophonist Martin Robertson,and bass
guitarist Laurence Cottle perform Mark Anthony
Turnage's Blood on the Floor. |
Teatr
Laznia Nowa playhouse at 25 Osiedle Szkolne. |
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September
18, Friday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 9:00
p.m. |
Aphex
Twin plus Hecker. |
Former Huta
Sendzimira steelworks, now ArcelorMittal Poland, at 1 Ujastek
street. |
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September
19, Saturday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 9:00
p.m. |
Aphex
Twin plus Hecker. |
Former Huta
Sendzimira steelworks, now ArcelorMittal Poland, at 1 Ujastek
street. |
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