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Program of the 2008 Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival in Krakow. 

Note: things keep changing, so take into account, please, that the following program is liable to alterations.

March 4, Tuesday 
Opening of an exhibition of Beethoven's autographs, Beethoven and His Vienna, in the Jagiellonian Library, 22 Mickiewicza street, at noon. UK's Royal String Quartet plays Beethoven's music. 
Concert in the Filharmonia hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, at 7:30 p.m. Krakow’s Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Jagiellonian University Choir, "Psalmodia" Choir of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow, Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic, flutist Lukasz Dlugosz, soprano Iwona Hossa, mezzo-soprano Malgorzata Panko, tenor Rafal Bartminski, and bass Wojciech Gierlach perform Mozart’s flute concerto in G major KV 313 and Beethoven’s symphony no. 9 in D minor Op. 125 

March 16, Sunday 
Holy Mass in Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny (church of St. Catherine), 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at noon. National Choir of Ukraine 'Dumka' sings music by Handel and Rachmaninoff (free admission).

March 17, Monday 
Concert in Kosciol Sw. Katarzyny (church of St. Catherine), 7 Augustianska street and Skaleczna street, at 7 p.m. National Choir of Ukraine 'Dumka' sings the church music by Rachmaninoff. 

March 20, Thursday 
Concert in the Teatr Slowackiego theater, 1 Plac Sw. Ducha square, at 7 p.m. Germany's chamber orchestra, Munchener Kammerochestr, and pianist Till Fellner perform music by Beethoven, Mozart, Webern, and Schubert.  

 

  • The exhibition of Beethoven's autographs, Beethoven and His Vienna, takes place in the Jagiellonian Library at 22 Mickiewicza street from March 4 through March 21. Free admission.  

Please note that Poland's Easter Festival of Ludwig van Beethoven has been moved from Krakow to Warsaw in 2004 but even as most of its concerts happen in the country's capital some events are organized in other cities including Krakow.  

 

Mrs. Elzbieta Penderecka is the Artistic Director of the 12th Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival. 


The Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival is a member of the European Festivals Association (EFA)

Booking 
subscription, and accreditation inquires: the Filharmonia Krakowska hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays, phone/fax (+4812) 4291345, phone (+48 12) 4229477.

Box office
stays open at the Filharmonia Krakowska hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street, Tuesday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.

 

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