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Program
of the 2007 Festival of the Polish Classical Music in Krakow.
November 4 to November
11
Note:
things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the
following program is liable to alterations.
November
4, Sunday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 9:00
a.m. |
Holy
Mass for the world of music. |
Wawel
Cathedral. |
| 7:00
p.m. |
UK’s maverick violin
virtuoso Nigel Kennedy and the Polish Chamber
Orchestra render Emil Mlynarski’s Violin Concerto
No. 2 in D major op. 16 and Mieczyslaw Karlowicz’s Violin
Concerto in A major op. 8. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
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November
5, Monday |
|
Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
UK’s maverick violin
virtuoso Nigel Kennedy and the Polish Chamber
Orchestra render Emil Mlynarski’s Violin Concerto
No. 2 in D major op. 16 and Mieczyslaw Karlowicz’s Violin
Concerto in A major op. 8. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. |
7:30
p.m.
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Krakow Opera Company produces the world
premiere of Karol Szymanowski’s operetta ‘Lottery
for Husbands or Fiance No. 69’. |
Teatr
Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square at
Szpitalna street
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November
6, Tuesday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 7:30
p.m. |
Tadeusz
Ochlewski Composers' Competition 2002-2007:
Poland’s guitarist Krzysztof Meisinger,
saxophonist Sebasatian Oron, trumpeter Lubomir
Jarosz, clarinetist Roman Widaszek, and trombonist
Pawel Cieslak perform Robert Kosek’s Bugle
call for solo trumpet, Alina Blonska’s Invocation
into Silence for solo clarinet, Barbara
Kaszuba’s Fantasia for solo guitar,
Lukasz Godyla’s Circulations for solo
trombone, Robert Kosek’s Prank for solo
alto saxophone, Jaroslaw Plonka’s Structure
in Metal for solo trumpet, Dariusz
Przybylski’s Structure for solo alto
saxophone, Paula Ptach’s Variations on a
Theme of a Certain Renaissance for solo
clarinet, Jakub Polaczyk’s Combination at
Olimp for solo trombone, and Marek
Pasieczny’s Homenaje a Manuel de Falla
for solo guitar. |
Manggha
Center at 26 Konopnickiej street. |
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November
7, Wednesday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
Poland’s
Silesian String Quartet renders Zygmunt
Noskowski’s String Quartet No. 2, Mikolaj
Gorecki’s Dispersions for string quartet
(the world premiere of the work commissioned by the
Festival of Polish Music in Krakow), Karol
Szymanowski’s String Quartet No. 1, and
Marta Ptaszynska’s Mosaics. |
Jagiellonian University’s
Collegium Novum, 24 Golebia street at Planty gardens. |
8:00
p.m.
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Japan’s
soprano Rena Fujii, Ukraine’s mezzo-soprano
Kristina Kapustynska, Slovakia’s tenor Peter
Berger, Kazakhstan’s baritone Azamat Zheltyrguzow,
Krakow’s Polish Radio Choir, and the Polish Radio
Orchestra perform Franciszek Lessel’s Cantata
to St Cecilia, Krzysztof Meyer’s Mass
for mixed choir and orchestra op. 88, Stanislaw
Moniuszko’s Mass in D flat major. |
Kosciol
Bozego Ciala church, Bozego Ciala street at Sw.
Wawrzynca street.
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November
8, Thursday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 7:30
p.m. |
Poland’s
mezzo-soprano Urszula Krygier, Austria’s male
soprano Arno Raunig, Slovenia’s baritone Matjaz
Robavs, Krakow’s Philharmonic Boys' Choir,
Academy of Music’s Student Quartet, and
harpsichordist Elzbieta Malinowska plus UK’s
English String Orchestra render Roxanna
Panufnik’s Olivia for boys' choir and
string quartet, Pawel Mykietyn Shakespeare's
Sonnets for male soprano and piano, Andrzej
Czajkowski’s 7 Shakespeare's Sonnets for
soprano and piano, and Tadeusz Baird’s Shakespeare's
Love Sonnets for baritone, string orchestra
and harpsichord. |
Teatr
Groteska theater at 2 Skarbowa street. |
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November
9, Friday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
The Polish-British String Orchestra plays Grazyna
Bacewicz’s Divertimento, Zbigniew
Bujarski’s Musica Domestica, Marek
Stachowski’s Divertimento, Benjamin
Britten’s - Variations on a Theme of Frank
Bridge, and Michael Tippet’s concerto for
double string orchestra. |
Aula
Florianka at 8
Basztowa street. |
8:00
p.m.
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Krakow
Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Ireland’s
soprano Helen Kearns, Austria’s alto Anna Manske
and baritone Klemens Sander perform Krystyna
Moszumanska-Nazar’s Lvov Fresco No. 3 for
symphonic orchestra, Wojciech Kilar’s symphony
No. 4 ‘Sinfonia de motu’, and Karol
Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater for soprano,
alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra. |
Kosciol
Sw. Sw. Piotra i Pawla church at 56 Grodzka street.
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November
10, Saturday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
Concert
of the participants of masters vocal course with
Prof. Helena Lazarska. |
Villa
Decius at 17a, 28 Lipca street. |
7:30
p.m.
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Poland’s
soprano Zofia Kilanowicz and Krakow’s Sinfonietta
Cracovia chamber orchestra with conductor John Neal
Axelrod perform Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s symphony
No. 3 - ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’. |
Filharmonia
concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street.
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9:00
p.m.
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Concert
commemorating 50 years of the Experimental Studio of
the Polish Radio features Krakow’s oboist Mariusz
Pedzialek and pianist Maciej Grzybowski performing
Wlodzimierz Kotonski’s Study for one cymbal
stroke, Krzysztof Penderecki’s Psalmus 1961, Boguslaw
Schaffer’s Proietto for oboe, English horn,
and stereo tape, Tomasz Sikorski’s Diario 87
for electronic sounds with text, Andrzej
Dobrowolski’s Music for stereo tape and
solo piano, Pawel Szymanski’s La folia for
tape, Anna Zawadzka-Golosz’s Glissbigliando
for oboe and tape, and Pawel Mykietyn’s Epifora
for piano and tape. |
Krakow
Radio Hall at 22 Slowackiego street.
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November
11, Sunday |
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Hour |
Event |
Venue |
| 5:00
p.m. |
Poland’s
pianist Andrzej Tatarski and ‘Amadeus’ Chamber
Orchestra of the Polish Radio render Aleksander
Tansman’s Variations on a Theme of Girolamo
Frescobaldi, Roman Palester’s Nocturn, Jozef
Brzowski’s Nocturne et Rondeau op. 10 for
piano and strings, Tadeusz Szeligowski’s Epitaph
in memory of Karol Szymanowski, and Jan
Radzynski’s Serenade for strings. |
Manggha
Center at 26 Konopnickiej street. |
8:00
p.m.
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Ukraine’s
‘Trembita’ Choir and State Chamber Ensemble,
Lviv Virtuosos, Lviv Brass Orchestra, and organist
Olena Maceluch plus Krakow’s Capella Cracoviensis
chamber orchestra and its Madrigalists with soloist
singers perform Mieczyslaw Soltys’ oratorio ‘Vows
of Jan Kazimierz’. |
Kosciol
Sw. Sw. Piotra i Pawla church at 56 Grodzka 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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