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Polish Icons 2. Lutosławski at the Sacrum Profanum Festival
2013-09-09
The eleventh edition of the Sacrum Profanum festival will take place in Krakow between the dates 15-22 September. It will be crowned with the next stage of the Polish Icons project, whose hero this year is Witold Lutosławski. As Filip Berkowicz, artistic director of the festival, says, "When we inaugurated the Polish Icons project last year at Sacrum Profanum we did not expect such a positive response from the public. It was then that on one stage the Kronos Quartet met with the duet Skalpel, reactivated after years, as well as other creative artists, Ninja Tune, presenting an unusual arrangement of Penderecki, Lutosławski, Kilar and Górecki.This year - the Year of Witold Lutosławski – we decided to continue the cycle and present performers from the electronic scene two of his works: the Funeral Music and Preludes and Fugue. Our invitation was accepted by Clark, Oneohtrix Point Never, Mira Calix, Emika and Skalpel. We will get to know the results of their adventure with music celebrating the 100th anniversary of the composer's birth, as well as meeting the AUKSO Orchestra under the baton of Marek Moś in the Polish Icons 2. Lutosławski project."
Programme:
Witold Lutosławski – Lutosławski No.1 [Skalpel – remix]
Witold Lutosławski – Preludes and Fugue [AUKSO / Moś]
Witold Lutosławski – Preludes [Oneohtrix Point Never – remix]
Witold Lutosławski – Fugue [Emika – remix]
Witold Lutosławski – Musique funebre (Prologue – Metamorphoses) [Mira Calix – remix]
Witold Lutosławski – Musique funebre (Apogeum – Epilogue) [Clark – remix]
Witold Lutosławski – Musique funebre [AUKSO / Moś]
Witold Lutosławski – Lutosławski No.2 [Skalpel – remix]
Clark – Mira Calix – Emika – Oneohtrix Point Never – Skalpel
AUKSO Orchestra
Marek Moś – conductor
Financed with resources from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage under the Lutosławski 2013 - Promise, realised by the Institute of Music and Dance.
More about the festival: http://www.sacrumprofanum.com/pl
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