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Program
of the 2008 Festival of the Polish Classical Music in Krakow.
November 9 to November
16
Note:
things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the
following program is liable to alterations.
November
9, Sunday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 7:30
p.m. |
Poland’s
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Polish
Radio Choir, Silesian Philharmonic Choir,
Australia’s pianist Piers Lane, and Poland’s
soloist singers soprano Iwona Hossa, alto Ewa
Marciniec, tenor Rafal Bartminski, and bass Piotr
Nowacki render Andrzej Panufnik’s ‘A
Procession for Peace’ (1983), Ignacy Jan
Paderewski’s piano concerto in A minor op. 17
(1888), and Wojciech Kilar’s Te Deum for solo
voices, choir and orchestra (2008, the world
premiere). |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
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November
10, Monday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
The
Roentgen Connection, The Netherlands’
harpsicordist Goska Isphording, Germany’s flutist
Karolina Bater , and Austria’s viola da gamba
player Karin Prelmayr perform Slawomir Kupczak’s
Creation II, Poem for Viola Da Gamba, Harpsichord,
Recorders (Block Flutes), and Electronic Apparatus
(2007), Wojciech Ziemowit Zych’s P.S. for
harpsichord (2005), Witold Szalonek’s Medusa's
Head for flute solo, Zbigniew Bargielski’s Le
cristal flamboyant for harpsichord and tape (2002),
Gabriela Moyseowicz’s 2 Kanzony for viola da gamba
solo (1980), Wojciech Widlak’s Chromatic Fantasy
for harpsichord (2003), Marcel Chyrzyński’s
BEELDEN (2007, world premiere) for recorder (block
flute), harpsichord and tape, and Pawel Mykietyn La
Strada version for flute, viola da gamba and
harpsichord (1991). |
Manggha
Museum at 26 Konopnickiej street. |
7:30
p.m.
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Poland’s
Wroclaw Opera produces Tomasz Praszczalek’s Esther
and Tadeusz Baird’s Tomorrow. |
Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street
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November
11, Tuesday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
5:30
p.m.
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Poland’s
Orkiestra Kameralna AUKSO plus soloist singers,
sopranos Joanna Wos and Aleksandra Buczek, and
mezzo-soprano Katarzyna Holysz perform Jerzy
Maksymiuk’s Norwidiana for two sopranos,
mezzo-soprano and orchestra (world premiere). |
Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street
|
| 7:30
p.m. |
Poland’s
Polish Radio Orchestra, soprano Katarzyna Jagiello,
tenor Paweł Skałuba, and Sweden’s pianist
Peter Jablonski render Stefan Kisielewski’s
concerto for chamber orchestra, Wojciech Kilar’s
Vocalise on music for the film The Ninth Gate
for soprano, piano, harpsichord, and string
orchestra (1999), Mieczyslaw Karlowicz’s I
Remember Quiet, Clear Golden Days op. 1 no. 5 for
tenor and orchestra (1896), Karol Szymanowski’s
The Ardor of My Youth For You Does Beat from opera
Hagith for soprano, tenor and orchestra
(1913), Henryk Wars’ piano concerto, Grazyna
Bacewicz’s Overture (1943), Ludomir Rozycki’s
Caton's Waltz from the 3rd Act of opera Casanova
for soprano and orchestra (1922), Stanislaw
Moniuszko’s Stefan’s aria from opera The
Haunted Manor for tenor and orchestra (1865),
Karol Szymanowski’s From the Time that I Saw You
Once from operetta Lottery for Husbands for
soprano, tenor and orchestra (1909), Wladyslaw
Szpilman’s Waltz in the Old Style (1937), and
Wojciech Kilar’s concerto for piano and
orchestra (1997). |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
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November
12, Wednesday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 2:00
p.m. |
Participants
of Professor Helena Lazarska's Vocal Master Classes
sing Polish music.. |
Srodmiejski Osrodek Kultury culture center, 2
Mikolajska street at Maly Rynek square (upstairs). |
| 7:30
p.m. |
Poland’s
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio and
flutist Lukasz Dlugosz render Maciej Radziwill’s
Serenade (1790), Jan Astriab’s Chamber Symphony
(1998), Krzysztof Meyer’s Concerto Retro for
flute, harpsichord, and string orchestra (1986),
Stanislaw Moniuszko’s string quartet no. 1 (1839),
and Michal Spisak’s concertino for string
orchestra. |
Panstwowa
Szkola Muzyczna music school at 9 Basztowa street.
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November
13, Thursday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
UK’s
pianist Jonathan Plowright and Poland’s
Szymanowski Quartet perform Szymon Laks’ String
Quartet no. 3 on Polish Themes (1946), Grazyna
Bacewicz’s piano quintet no. 1 (1952), Pawel
Szymanski’s Two Pieces for String Quartet
(1982), and Juliusz Zarebski’s piano quintet in
G minor op. 34 (1885). |
Akademia
Muzyczna conservatoire, 43 Sw. Tomasza street at
Planty gardens. |
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November
14, Friday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
Austria’s
early music ensemble, Ars Antiqua sextet, performs
the Krakow Anonymous’ (ca. 1650) Lute solo
prelude, sarabande, and La Complainte pour l'adieu
de Monsieur, Adam Jarzebski’s (before 1590 -1649)
Concerti a 3: Berlinesa, Chromatica, Spandesa,
Mikolaj Zielenski’s Communiones totius anni,
Venezia 1611, for soprano and organ, Heinrich
Dobel’s (1651-1693) sonata in A major for soprano,
violin and basso continuo, Tarquinio Merula (ca.
1595-1665) Motetti e Sonate concertati Venezia 1624,
Cantate Jubilate for soprano, violin and basso
continuo, music by Anonymous from Jagiellonian
Library, Marcin Mielczewski’s (d. 1651) Canzona
for two violins and basso continuo, Stanislaw
Sylwester Szarzynski’s (18th century) Veni Sancte
Spiritus concerto for soprano, two violins and basso
continuo. |
Kosciol
Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street. |
7:30
p.m.
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Cracow
Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with the USA’s
conductor Eugene Tzigane plus The Netherlands’
trombonist Marco Blauuw and Australia’s soprano
Elena Xanthoudakis perform Grzegorz Fitelberg’s
Song of the Falcon op. 18 symphonic poem, Henryk
Kulety’s trombone concerto, and Henryk Maria
Gorecki’s symphony no.2 ‘Copernican’. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street.
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November
15, Saturday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| noon |
Poland’s
soprano Agata Zubel, flutist Renata Guzik, oboist
Mariusz Pedzialek, clarinetist Jakub Sztencel,
Quartet DAFO, percussionists Jan Pilch, Gertruda
Szymanska, and Wojciech Fedkowicz, and pianist
Michal Pawelek render Adam Walacinski’s Little
Autumn Music for oboe and string trio (1986), Jozef
Rychlik’s Aura I for tape (1992), Marek
Stachowski’s Madrigali dell'estate for soprano and
string trio (1984), Krystyna Moszumanska-Nazar’s
Autumn Music for clarinet, bells and 2 percussion
instruments (2001), Anna Zawadzka-Golosz’s
Metafrazy for string quartet (2001), Zbigniew
Bujarski’s Autumn Quartet for string quartet
(2001), Maciej Jablonski’s Etude no. 4 for piano
(2001), Wojciech Widlak’s Shortly on Line for
flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2001), and
Magdalena Dlugosz’s Beyond Silence for tape (2008,
world premiere). |
Aula
Florianka at 8 Basztowa street. |
| 5:00
p.m. |
Krakow’s
Polish Radio Choir and organist Andrzej Bialko
perform Krzysztof Penderecki’s Agnus Dei and
Benedictus, Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Pod twoja
obrone and Totus tuus, and Feliks Nowowiejski’s
Missa pro pace for choir and organ. |
Kosciol
Sw. Marcina church, 58 Grodzka street. |
7:30
p.m.
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Russia’s
violinist Grigori Zhyslin and Krakow’s Sinfonietta
Cracovia chamber orchestra with Germany’s
conductor Peter Gulke perform Krzysztof
Penderecki’s Threnody (1960), Viola Concerto
(1983), and symphony no. 4 (1989). |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street.
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November
16, Sunday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
UK’s
chamber orchestra, The London Sinfonietta, performs
Zygmunt Krauze’s Polychromy (1968), Wojciech
Kilar’s Training 68 (1968), Kazimierz Serocki’s
Swinging Music (1970), Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s La
Musiquette IV Trombone Concerto (1970), Pawel
Szymanski Concerto a 4 (2004), Wlodzimierz
Kotonski’s Pour quatre (1968), Aleksandra
Gryka’s Üsinn (2004), and Aleksander Nowak’s
Quantemporette (2008, commissioned by Festival of
Polish Music, world premiere). |
Aula
Florianka at 8 Basztowa street. |
7:30
p.m.
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Poland’s
AUKSO chamber orchestra, soprano Urszula Kryger,
actor Maciej Stuhr, vocalist Katarzyna Mos, and
Cantores Minores Vratislavienses Choir render Pawel
Mykietyn’s Pasja for soprano, reciting voice,
natural voice, choir and chamber orchestra (2008). |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street.
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Tickets
Culture Information Center at
2 Sw. Jana Street
and
tourist information centers at
25 Szpitalna st.,
7 Jozefa st.
or
Box office in the Fliharmonia hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street.
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