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1st International Contemporary Music Festival of Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

added: 2011.05.17

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3-5 June 2011

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Academy of Music in Kraków
Basilica of Franciscans
St Catherine's Church

New international and Polish music will be performed during the festival, with special emphasis on Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and other Polish composer's influence on musical culture.

Concerts will take place in historically significant, monumental location in Kraków, such as: The Basilica of Franciscans, St Catherine's Church, and Academy of Music in Kraków concerts hall. During the festival, works of foreign composers will be performed, such as: Žibuokl? Martinaityt?, P?teris Vasks, Alfred Schnittke, Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern. Works of these Polish composers will also be performed: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Piotr Ślęczek and Aleksander Lasoń.

In programme:
3 June 2011, 7pm
Academy of Music in Kraków concerts hall
Dariusz Makaruk & Mieczysław Litwiński – Górecki in memoriam

4 June 2011, 5pm
Academy of Music in Kraków concerts hall
Concert by Katedra Muzyki Współczesnej i Jazzu Akademii Muzycznej w Krakowie

4 June 2011, 8pm
Basilica of Franciscans
RBS London Choir, Jeremy Jackman (conducor)

5 June 2011, 6pm
St Catherine's Church
The Silesian Philharmonic Choir, Jarosław Wolanin (conductor)

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