The idea of the Kraków Music Autumn comes from Marek Szlezer and Jan Kalinowski who form a piano and cello Cracow Duo. The festival, co-organised by the Porta Musicae Artistic Society and the Kraków Philharmonic, aims at presenting classical chamber music. The repertoire of the festival comprises contemporary music (including premieres), works of Polish composers and popular standards of the concert halls.
This year’s edition brings first rendition of works by Katarzyna Szwed and Tomasz Jakub Opałka (world and Polish premiere, resprectively), composistions by Grażyna Bacewicz, Paweł Łukaszewski and Ludomir Różycki, as well as Spanish (Enrique Granados), Hugarian (Johannes Brahms) and… the Tatra Mountains sounds (Ignacy Jan Paderewski).
Among the performers are: Messages Quartet, considered one of the best Polish string quartets, Spanish Trio Bacarisse, Emes Piano Duo playing for four hands and the initiators of Kraków Music Autumn: Cracow Duo – Kalinowski & Szlezer.
4 November 2018, 6pm
Daniel Brylewski (piano)
Messages Quartet: Małgorzata Wasiucionek (violin), Oriana Masternak (violin), Maria Dutka (viola), Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska (cello)
J. Brahms String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major Op. 67
A. Schnittke Piano Quintet
G. Bacewicz Piano Quintet No. 1
5 November 2018, 7:30pm
Trio Bacarisse: Laura Rodríguez Moreno (violin), Juan Pedro Torres del Río (cello), Gabriel Escudero (piano)
J. Turina Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor Op. 76
P. Łukaszewski Trio for violin, cello and piano
E. Granados Spanish Dances Nos. 3 and 5 (arr. Mateo Soto), Trio for violin, cello and piano Op. 50
6 November 2018, 7:30pm
Angelo Romagnoli (recitator)
Gajusz Kęska (piano)
S. De Ponti Sentieri nel ghiaccio
A. Ginastera Three Argentinian Dances Op. 2, Sonata No. 1 Op. 22
R. Strauss Das Schloss am Meere TrV 191
K. Szwed Postscriptum (world premiere)
7 November 2018, 7:30pm
Emes Piano Duo: Małgorzata Zdebska, Anna Włodarczyk
V. Gavrilin Sketches
I.J. Paderewski The Tatra Album Op. 12
W.A. Mozart Sonata in B flat major for four hands K. 358
J. Brahms Hungarian Dances (selection)
8 November 2018, 7:30pm
Cracow Duo – Kalinowski & Szlezer: Jan Kalinowski (cello), Marek Szlezer (piano)
S. Rachmaninoff Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14, Sonata in G minor Op. 19
T. Majerski Sonata for cello and piano
L. Różycki Sonata for cello and piano Op. 10
T.J Opałka The Glitch (Polish premiere)
