Amongst images – that’s the focus of the Cracovian prologue of the 21st Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival; although the event decamped to Warsaw thirteen years ago, it makes a regular return to its roots. This year’s theme, “Beethoven and the Fine Arts”, focuses on musical works inspired by painting. We will hear the orchestral version of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, resounding at the Kraków Philharmonic on 28 March. The star of the concert will be the Storioni Trio from the Netherlands, accompanied by Sinfonietta Cracovia. The Dutch guests also perform on 29 March at the Gallery of the 19th-century Polish Art in Sukiennice, presenting piano trios by Beethoven, Schumann and Dvořák. A traditional exhibition of music manuscripts at the Jagiellonian Library opens at noon on 27 March. The inauguration is accompanied by a piano recital by Łukasz Krupiński, who performs again at Sukiennice in the evening. (Barbara Skowrońska)
Monday, 27 March 2017, noon, Jagiellonian Library
Łukasz Krupiński – piano
Jan Sebastian Bach / Feruccio Busoni Ich ruf‘ zu dir, Herr BWV 639
Robert Schumann Symphonic Etudes Op. 13
Monday, 27 March 2017, 7:30pm, Gallery of the 19th-century Polish Art in Sukiennice, branch of the National Museum in Krakow
Łukasz Krupiński – piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310
Maurice Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales
Robert Schumann Symphonic Études, Op. 13
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 5 pm, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic
Little Sinfonietta at the Beethoven Festival
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Jurek Dybał – conductor
concert for children
Tuesday, 28 March 2017, 7:30 pm, Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic
Storioni Trio:
Bart van de Roer – piano
Wouter Vossen – violin
Marc Vossen – cello
Sinfonietta Cracovia
Jurek Dybał – conductor
Karol Szymanowski (orch. by G. Fitelberg) Study in B flat minor
Ludwig van Beethoven Triple Concerto in C major Op. 56
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. by M. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 7:30pm, Gallery of the 19th-century Polish Art in Sukiennice, branch of the National Museum in Krakow
Storioni Trio:
Bart van de Roer –piano
Wouter Vossen –violin
Marc Vossen – cello
Ludwig van Beethoven 14 Variations – Piano Trio in E flat major Op. 44
Robert Schumann Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 63
Karol Szymanowski Myths Op. 30
Antonín Dvořák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor “Dumky” Op. 90
