Program of the 2023 Szymanowski/Poland/World festival
of classical music in
Krakow.
September 3rd to October 7th, 2023
Note: things keep changing, so take into account, please,
that the following program is liable to alterations.
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September 3rd, Saturday |
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6:00
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Germany’s Stuttgarter Kammerorchester chamber orchestra plays Valentyn Silvestrov’s Elegy for string orchestra, Karol Szymanowski’s string quartet no. 2 op. 56 (arr. for string orchestra), Krzysztof Penderecki’s Sinfonietta no. 3 “Pages from an Unwritten Diary”, and Johannes Brahms’s symphony for strings op. 111(admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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September 15th, Friday |
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Venue |
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7:30
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Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, mezzo-soprano Anna Lubanska, tenor Rafal Bartminski, and bass Piotr Nowacki plus Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Alexander Humala and pianist Tymoteusz Bies perform Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Three Dances op. 34 for orchestra, Karol Szymanowski’s concerto symphony no. 4 op. 60, and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Te Deum (admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street.. |
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September 16th, Saturday |
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Venue |
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6:90
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Poland’s soprano Iwona Hossa, mezzo-soprano Anna Lubanska, tenor Rafal Bartminski, and bass Piotr Nowacki plus Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir with conductor Alexander Humala and pianist Tymoteusz Bies perform Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki’s Three Dances op. 34 for orchestra, Karol Szymanowski’s concerto symphony no. 4 op. 60, and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Te Deum (admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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September 24th, Sunday |
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6:00
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USA’s pianist Kate Liu gives a recital playing Karol Szymanowski’s Mazurkas op. 50 no. 1, 2, 3, Maurice Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, and Robert Schumann’s The Symphonic Studies op. 13 (admission 120 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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September 30th, Saturday |
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Venue |
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6:00
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Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Antoni Wit plus pianist Piotr Salajczyk render Karol Szymanowski’s Nokturne and Tarantella op. 28 plus Krzysztof Meyer’s concerto for piano and orchestra op. 46 and The Polish Symphony op. 57 (admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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October 3rd, Tuesday |
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Event |
Venue |
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7:30
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Polish Cello Quartet render Karol Szymanowski’s Preludes op. 1 plus Frederic Chopin’s mazurka in F op. 68 no, 3, mazurka in A minor op. 17 no. 4, waltz in H minor op. 69 no. 2, prelude in D-flat op. 28 no. 15, prelude in E minor op. 28 no. 4, prelude in G-sharp minor op. 28 no. 12, waltz in E-flat op. 18 no. 1 ‘Grande valse brillante’, prelude in C minor op. 28 no. 20, etude in C-sharp minor op. 25 no. 7, nokturne in E-flat op. 9
no. 2, waltz in C-sharp minor op. 64 no. 2, nocturne in C-sharp minor op. posth, waltz in D-flat op. 64 no. 1, and mazurka in B op. 7 no. 1 pm (admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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October 6th, Friday |
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Venue |
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7:30
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Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Paul Goodwin plus Poland’s tenor Stanislaw Napierala and flutist Lukasz Dlugosz render Karol Szymanowski’s Mandragora op. 43, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski’s Il Piffero della Notte fantasia for flute and orchestra, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird pm (admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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October 7th, Saturday |
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Event |
Venue |
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6:00
p.m. |
Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Paul Goodwin plus Poland’s tenor Stanislaw Napierala and flutist Lukasz Dlugosz render Karol Szymanowski’s Mandragora op. 43, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski’s Il Piffero della Notte fantasia for flute and orchestra, and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird pm (admission 70 PLN). |
Filharmonia Krakowska concert hall, 1 Zwierzyniecka street and Straszewskiego street. |
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Tickets
Culture Information Center at
2 Sw. Jana Street
and
Box office in the Fliharmonia hall at 1
Zwierzyniecka street.
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