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Program of the 2008 Sacrum-Profanum Festival of Classical Music in Krakow.
September 14 - September 21

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

September 14, Sunday

Hour

Event Venue
8:00 p.m.
Germany’s alt pop diva Ute Lemper and Krakow’s Sinfonietta Cracovia chamber orchestra with France’s outstanding conductor Mark Minkowski render Kurt Weill’s ‘Die Sieben Todsünden’, symphony no. 2.   Filharmonia concert hall at 1 Zwierzyniecka street. 

September 15, Monday

Hour

Event Venue
7:00 p.m.
UK’s London Sinfonietta chamber orchestra performs Hans Werner Henze’s ‘Voices”.  Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old tram depot. 
10:00 p.m. Germany’s Ensemble Modern renders Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Kreuzspiel, Kontra-Punkte, and Mantra.  Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa street. 
 

September 16, Tuesday

Hour

Event Venue
7:00 p.m.
Austria’s famous modern music ensemble, Klangforum Wien, performs Helmut Lachenmann’ Concertini, "...Zwei Gefühle...", and Musik mit Leonardo with the text of Leonardo da Vinci. Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old tram depot.  
10:00 p.m.
UK's Paul Hillier and his accomplished ensemble, Theatre of Voices, perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa street. 
 

September 17, Wednesday

Hour

Event Venue
7:00 p.m.
Two outstanding modern music ensembles, Asko Ensemble and Schonberg Ensemble, perform Heiner Goebbels’ Herakles 2, Befreiung, La Jalouzie, and Samplersuite. Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old tram depot.  
10:00 p.m.
UK’s accomplished chamber orchestra, London Sinfonietta, renders Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Adieu, Zeitmasze, Gesang der Jünglinge, and Kontakte.  Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa street. 
 

September 18, Thursday

Hour

Event Venue
7:00 p.m.
Germany’s maverick modern ensemble, musikFabrik, performs Wolfgang Rihm’s Séraphin-Sphäre and Chiffre IV. Muzeum Inzynierii Miejskiej (Museum of Municipal Engineering) at 15 Sw. Wawrzynca street, the old tram depot. 
10 p.m.
Two outstanding modern music ensembles, Asko Ensemble and Schonberg Ensemble, perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Orchester-Finalisten and Glanz.  Fabryka Schindlera ('Schindler's Factory') at 4 Lipowa street. 
 

September 19, Friday

Hour

Event Venue
9:00 p.m. Germany’s veteran stars of electronic rock, Kraftwerk band, perform their best music.  Building of the former Huta Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal Steel Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. 
 

September 20, Saturday

Hour

Event Venue
9:00 p.m. Germany’s veteran stars of electronic rock, Kraftwerk band, perform their best music. Building of the former Huta Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal Steel Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. 
 

September 21, Sunday

Hour

Event Venue
9:00 p.m. Germany’s veteran stars of electronic rock, Kraftwerk band, perform their best music. Building of the former Huta Sendzimira steelworks' rolling mill, now Mittal Steel Poland, at 1 Ujastek street. 
 
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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