Archive 2008  4th FESTIVAL OF POLISH MUSIC
Kraków 9-16 NOVEMBER 2008
Sunday, 9 November
KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC HALL, 7.30PM
INAUGURAL CONCERT
Andrzej Panufnik A Procession for Peace (1982-83)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Concerto in A minor op. 17 (1888)
Wojciech Kilar Te Deum for solo voices, choir and orchestra (2008)
world premiere
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Polish Radio Choir (stage dir. Włodzimierz Siedlik)
Silesian Philharmonic Choir (stage dir. Waldemar Sutryk)
Piers Lane - piano (Australia)
Iwona Hossa - soprano
Ewa Marciniec - alto
Rafał Bartmiński - tenor
Piotr Nowacki - bass
Wojciech Michniewski - conductor
Monday, 10 November
WYSPIAŃSKI PAVILION, 12.00PM
FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Meeting with Michał Znaniecki
Moderator: Adrianna Ginał
MANGGHA MUSEUM, 5.00PM
Sławomir Kupczak Creation II Poem for viola da gamba, harpsichord, recorders and electronic apparatus (2007)
world premiere
Wojciech Ziemowit Zych P.S. for harpsichord (2005)
Witold Szalonek Medusa's Head for flute solo
Zbigniew Bargielski Le cristal flamboyant for harpsichord and tape (2002)
Gabriela Moyseowicz 2 Kanzony for viola da gamba solo (1980)
Wojciech Widłak Chromatic Fantasy for harpsichord (2003)
Marcel Chyrzyński BEELDEN (2007) for recorder, harpsichord and tape
world premiere
Paweł Mykietyn La Strada version for flute, viola da gamba and harpsichord (1991)
The Roentgen Connection
Gośka Isphording - harpsichord (Poland/Holland)
Karolina Bäter - recorder (Germany)
Karin Preslmayr - viola da gamba (Austria)
SŁOWACKI THEATER, 7.30PM
Prasqual Esther (stage dir. Michał Znaniecki)
Tadeusz Baird Tomorrow (stage dir. Ewelina Pietrowiak)
Wrocław Opera
Tomasz Szreder - music director
AT INTERMISSION: FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Meeting with Alina Bairdowa and Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa, first performer of the role of Jessica in T. Baird's Tomorrow
Moderator: Małgorzata Komorowska
Tuesday, 11 November
SŁOWACKI THEATER, 5.30PM
Jerzy Maksymiuk Norwidiana for two sopranos, mezzo-soprano and orchestra
world premiere
Joanna Woś - soprano
Aleksandra Buczek - soprano
Katarzyna Hołysz - mezzo-soprano
Orkiestra Kameralna AUKSO
Jerzy Maksymiuk - conductor
Accompanying social event in collaboration with the Pro Publico Bono Competition Foundation
KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC HALL, 7.30PM
Stefan Kisielewski Concerto for chamber orchestra
Wojciech Kilar Vocalise on music for the film The Ninth Gate for soprano, piano, harpsichord and string orchestra (1999)
Mieczysław Karłowicz (orch. M. Lewandowski) I remember quiet, clear golden days op. 1 no. 5 for tenor and orchestras (1896)
Karol Szymanowski The ardor of my youth for you doth beat from the opera Hagith for soprano, tenor and orchestra (1912-13)
Henryk Wars Piano Concerto (?)
Grażyna Bacewicz Overture (1943)
Ludomir Różycki Caton's Waltz from Act III of the opera Casanova for soprano and orchestra (1922)
Stanisław Moniuszko Stefan's recitative and aria with carillon from the opera The Haunted Manor for tenor and orchestra (1865)
Karol Szymanowski E'er sins time that I saw you once from the operetta Lottery for Husbands for soprano, tenor and orchestra (1908-9)
Władysław Szpilman Waltz in the Olden Style (1937-68)
Wojciech Kilar Concerto for piano and orchestra (1997)
Katarzyna Jagiełło - soprano
Paweł Skałuba - tenor
Peter Jablonski - piano (Sweden)
Polish Radio Orchestra
Łukasz Borowicz - conductor
Wednesday, 12 November
WYSPIAŃSKI PAVILION, 12.00PM
FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Meeting with Agnieszka Duczmal
Moderator: Adrianna Ginał
ŚRÓDMIEJSKI OŚRODEK KULTURY, LAMELLI HOUSE, 2.00PM
Concert by participants in Prof. Helena Łazarska's Vocal Master Classes
CONCERT HALL, ŻELEŃSKI MUSIC SECONDARY SCHOOL, 7.30PM
Maciej Radziwiłł Serenade (1790)
Jan Astriab Chamber Symphony (1998)
Krzysztof Meyer Concerto retro for flute, harpsichord and string orchestra (1986)
Stanisław Moniuszko (orch. A. Duczmal) - String Quartet no. 1 (1839)
Michał Spisak Concertino for string orchestra
Piotr Moss Elegia IV for chamber orchestra (2006)
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio
Agnieszka Duczmal - conductor
Łukasz Długosz - flute
Thursday, 13 November
WYSPIAŃSKI PAVILION, 12.00PM
FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Meeting with Łukasz Długosz
Moderator: Adrianna Ginał
COLLEGIUM NOVUM UJ AUDITORIUM, 5.00PM
Szymon Laks String Quartet no. 3 on Polish Themes (1946)
Grażyna Bacewicz Piano Quintet no. 1 (1952)
Paweł Szymański Two pieces for string quartet (1982)
Juliusz Zarębski Piano Quintet in G minor op. 34 (1885)
Jonathan Plowright - piano (Great Britain)
Szymanowski Quartet
Friday, 14 November
WYSPIAŃSKI PAVILION, 12.00PM
FESTIVAL ACADEMY
Meeting with Hanna Kulenty
Moderator: Maciej Jabłoński
ST. MARTIN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, 17.00
Anonymous compositions from the Jagiellonian Library's manuscript Ms. Mus.40626 (ca. 1650) for lute solo:
Prelude,
Sarabande,
La Complainte pour l'adieu de Monsieur - Pollcenis,
Courante - Marion pleure
Adam Jarzębski (before 1590 -1649) Concerti a 3: Berlinesa, Chromatica, Spandesa
Mikołaj Zieleński Communiones totius anni, Venezia 1611: Video caelos apertos for soprano and organ
Heinrich Döbel (1651-1693) Sonata in A major for soprano, violin and basso continuo
Tarquinio Merula (ca. 1594/95-1665) Motetti e Sonate concertati Venezia 1624 Cantate Jubilate for soprano, violin and basso continuo
Anonymous compositions from the Jagiellonian Library's manuscript 127/56 (17th century):
Pagamoszka
Ach, méczek
Taniec
Serce mi wzieła M.B.
Marcin Mielczewski (?-1651) Canzona for two violins and basso continuo
Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (17th/18th century) Veni Sancte Spiritus concerto for soprano, two violins and basso continuo
ARS ANTIQUA AUSTRIA
Gunar Letzbor - violin
Barbara Konrad - violin
Claire Pottinger - viola da gamba
Norbert Zeilberger - organ, harpsichord
Hubert Hoffmann - lute
Katarzyna Wiwer - soprano
Gunar Letzbor - music director
KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC HALL, 7.30PM
Grzegorz Fitelberg Song of the Falcon, symphonic poem based on M. Gorky (1905)
Hanna Kulenty Concerto for Trumpet (2002, selected work at UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers 2003)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Symphony no. 2 'Copernicus' for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra
Elena Xanthoudakis - soprano (Greece/Australia)
winner of Grand Prix at 2nd International Adam Didur Opera Singers' Competition
Matjaz Robavs - baritone (Slovenia)
Marco Blaauw - trumpet (Holland)
Kraków Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Jacek Mentel - choirmaster
Eugene Tzigane - conductor (USA)
winner of G. Fitelberg International Conducting Competition in Katowice 2007
Saturday, 15 November
FLORIANKA AUDITORIUM, 12.00PM
COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT CONCERT IN HONOR OF THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN KRAKÓW'S 120TH BIRTHDAY
Adam Walaciński Little Autumn Music for oboe and string trio (1986)
Józef Rychlik Aura I for tape (1992)
Marek Stachowski Madrigali dell'estate for soprano and string trio (1984)
Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar Autumn Music for clarinet, bells and 2 percussion instruments (2001)
Anna Zawadzka-Gołosz Metaphrases for string quartet (2001)
Zbigniew Bujarski Autumn Quartet for string quartet (2001)
maciej Jabłoński Etude no 4 for piano (2001)
Wojciech Widłak Shortly on Line for flute, clarinet, violin, 'cello and piano (2001)
Magdalena Długosz Beyond Silence for tape (2008)
world premiere
Agata Zubel - soprano
Renata Guzik - flute
Mariusz Pędziałek - oboe
Jakub Sztencel - clarinet
Quartet DAFO
(Justyna Duda, Danuta Augustyn, Aneta Dumanowska, Anna Armatys)
Jan Pilch - percussion
Gertruda Szymańska - percussion
Wojciech Fedkowicz - percussion
Michał Pawełek - piano
Mateusz Bień - sound director
ST. MARTIN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, 5.00PM
Polish Radio Choir Birthday Concert
Krzysztof Penderecki Agnus Dei; Benedictus
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Pod twoją obronę; Totus tuus
Feliks Nowowiejski Missa pro pace for choir and organ
Polish Radio Choir in Kraków
Andrzej Białko - organ
Włodzimierz Siedlik - conductor
KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC HALL, 7.30PM
Krzysztof Penderecki Jubilee Concert
Krzysztof Penderecki:
Threnody (1960)
Viola Concerto (1983)
Symphony no. 4 (1989)
Grigorij Żyslin - viola (Russia)
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Peter Gülke - conductor (Germany)
Sunday, 16 November
FLORIANKA AUDITORIUM, 5.00PM
Zygmunt Krauze (*1938) Polychromy, (1968)
Wojciech Kilar (*1932) Training 68 (1968)
Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981) Swinging Music (1970)
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (*1933) La Musiquette IV - Trombone Concerto (1970)
Paweł Szymański (*1954) Concerto a 4 (2004)
Włodzimierz Kotoński (*1925) Pour quatre (1968)
Aleksandra Gryka (*1977) Üsinn part 2 (2004)
Aleksander Nowak (*1979) Quantemporette (2008, commissioned by Festival of Polish Music)
world premiere
The London Sinfonietta
KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC HALL, 7.30PM
Paweł Mykietyn Passion according to St. Marek for soprano, reciting voice, natural voice, choir and chamber orchestra (2008)
Kraków premiere
Urszula Kryger - mezzo-soprano
Maciej Stuhr - reciter
Katarzyna Moś - voice
choir (choirmaster Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz)
Cantores Minores Vratislavienses Choir (choirmaster Piotr Karpeta)
AUKSO Chamber Orchestra
Marek Moś - conductor
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