Sacrum Profanum Festival in Krakow

Program of the 21st Sacrum Profanum Festival of Contemporary Music in Krakow, Poland.
September 2nd to November 12th, 2023.

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

September 8th, Friday

Hour

September 23rd, Saturday

Hour

Concert BUGLE CALL features France’s piper Erwan Keravec playing Erwan Keravec‘s Urban Pipes (2023), Philip Glass’s Two Pages (1968), and Eliane Radigue’s OCCAM OCEAN XVII (2019) at 5 pm, followed by Poland’s Duo van Vliet duo of accordionist Rafal Luc and violist Rafal Zalech playing Pawel Malinowski’s And it rose and it fell and pulsed like a wave for accordion, viola, electronics, and video (2020), Monika Szpyrka’s Unhelpful Thinking Styles for accordion, viola, audio playback, and lights (2020), Rafal Zapala’s USLUGA for accordion, viola, and media (2020), James Black’s HEL for accordion, viola, and video (2022) at 6:30 pm. 

September 24th, Sunday

Hour

October 20th, Friday

Hour

November 9th, Thursday

Hour

Concert VIBRANT STRINGS features the USA’s guitarist Mary Halvorson and Mivos Quartet playing Patrick Higgins’s Aletheia for string quartet (2013, 7’) and Mary Halvorson’s Belladonna for electric guitar and string quartet (2022, 35’), followed by Poland’s electronic instrumentalist Aleksandra Slyz and Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra rendering Juste Janulyte’s Elongation of Nights for string orchestra (2009, 8’), Aleksandra Slyz’s Pure Voices for string orchestra and electronics (2023, world premiere, 20’), and Tomasz Sikorski’s Winter Landscape for strings (1982, 10’). 

November 10th, Friday

Hour

Concert of contemporary classical music features Poland’s violinist Kuba Krzewinski, violinist and cellist Michal Pepol, clarinetist Michal Gorczynski, electronic instrumentalist Wojtek Kiwer, dancer Dominika Wiak, and Polsh Radio Choir performing John Cage’s Five for five voices (1988, 5’), Dominykas Digimas’s Oscillations for two sopranos and two altos (2020, 6’), Michal Gorczynski’s new piece for (2023, 20’), Nina Fukuoka’s on_the_other_side - scene for a violinist, (2018-2023, 10’), Alvin Lucier’s Love Song for two violins (2016, 13’), Julius Eastman’s Colors for a cappella choir (1973, 20’), improvisation by Michal Gorczynski & Wojtek Kiwer & Dominika Wiak (2023, 20’), Kuba Krzewinski’s Contre No. 1 fgor violin and cello (2017, 15’), Michal Pepol’s KCKM for cello and electronics (2022. 4’), and David Lang’s for love is strong (after The Song of Songs) for a cappella choir (2008, 11’). 

November 11th, Saturday

Hour

Concert PATTERNS features Switzerland’s Eklekto ensemble and France’s Ensemble 0 performing Tristan Perich’s Open Symmetry for three vibraphones and one-bit electronics (2018, 53’), followed by Poland’s performer Wojtek Blecharz and Germany’s pianist Rei Nakamura rendering Wojtek Blecharz’s Piano Concerto (2023, world premiere, 45’).

November 12th, Sunday

Hour

Concert PERSISTENCE features Poland’s Chain Ensemble performing Simeon ten Holt’s Canto Ostinato (1976, 60’).

Concert COUNTRY SIDE features Scotland’s piper Brighde Chaimbeul and Poland’s saxophonist Paulina Owczarek render Brighde Chaimbeul’s Carry Them with Us (2023) 35, followed by Denmark’s vocalist and cellist Jakob Kullberg, singers Annekei and Niels Ronsholdt plus Poland’s vocalists Jacek Olesik, Alicja Lizer-Molitorys, Jadwiga Czarkowska, Krzysztof Batog, and Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej orchestra performing Niels Ronsholdt’s Country concerto for voice, cello, and chamber orchestra in 18 songs (2019/2020, 60’).