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2006-11-08
9 November, 5:00 and 7:30 PM

5:00 PM

This will be a concert for 24 voices. The renowned choir from Gdańsk will present works of sacred music by Polish composers, written over the past fifty years. Additionally, some of them will bring into the Church of the Bernardine Fathers a big breath of contemporary air in the form of electronic sounds. It will be worthwhile to hear these sequences, psalms, hymns and the universal ‘Our Father’ prayer in Latin and in Old Church Slavonic. On the other hand, Anenaiki, written by Augustyn Bloch, who died at the beginning of 2006, was one of the first musical compositions to be dedicated to Pope John Paul II.

7:30 PM

When the Warsaw Philharmonic visits Kraków, it is always a great event. And we are all the more glad that the ensemble, led by Antoni Wit, will present itself in such a varied symphonic program. We are also glad that the 1st prize winner in the 13th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition has accepted our invitation. A mere 12 days after the announcement of the jury’s verdict, we will be able to hear the champion in Kraków!

LECTURE THEATRE OF THE BERNARDINE CHURCH, 500P.M.

Romuald Twardowski – Otcze nasz (2005), 2’
Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz – Crucifixus... et resurrexit (2005), 8’30’’
Krzysztof Knittel – Z głębokości wołam do Ciebie, Panie...
[Psalms 23, 51, 102, 117, 130, 150] for mixed choir and tape (2000), 15’
Augustyn Bloch - Anenaiki for 16 voices (1979), 10'
Roman Padlewski – Stabat Mater (1939), 18’
Paweł Łukaszewski – Hommage a Edith Stein (2005), 10’

world premiere

Lidia Zielińska – From the Garden of the Sciences for choir and electronic sonorities (commissioned by the Polish Composers' Union)

world premiere

Romuald Twardowski – Pater Noster (2005), 3’

Schola Cantorum Gedanensis
Jan Łukaszewski - conductor


KRAKÓW PHILHARMONIC HALL, 730P.M.

Juliusz Zarębski – Polonaise triomphale in A major Op. 11 (1882)

world premiere

Henryk Wieniawski – Violin Concerto
Mieczysław Karłowicz - Stanisław i Anna Oświecimowie op. 12 (1907), 24'
Wojciech Kilar – Krzesany (1974), 17'


Agata Szymczewska – violin (the winner of the Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit - conductor



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