Philharmonic
Hall, Zwierzyniecka Street 1, 31-103 Krakow, Poland
As
part of a cultural exchange, linking Malopolska and the East of England,
Britten Sinfonia is to perform a series of lunchtime concerts at the Philharmonic
Hall in Krakow.
Each
concert features a new work by a composer, alongside complementary chamber
works by composers as diverse as Purcell and Berio. Now in our third season
of concerts in Krakow the lunchtime series takes a new turn. Four of Britain’s
finest composers, Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews and
John Woolrich, have been invited to choose programmes featuring major
works from the classical chamber music repertoire alongside a chosen work
from their own output. Uniquely, they have each nominated a young composer
who has been specially commissioned to write a new work for each concert
in the series.
Britten
Sinfonia at Lunch in Krakow is funded and supported by Escalator, Advisory
Group Test Human Resources, British Council, Bright Art Interbusiness
Group and South Poland Business Link.
Tel
+48 (12) 429 13 45
Sunday
30 November 2008
12.00 noon
Polina
Leschenko piano
Janne Thomsen flute
Joy Farrall clarinet
Martin Outram viola
Caroline Dearnley cello
Chopin
Polonaise brilliante for piano and cello
Charlotte Bray New Work (world première tour)
Colin Matthews Elegiac Chaconne
Mozart Clarinet Trio No. 2 in E flat K.498 ‘Kegelstatt’
Sunday
18 January 2009 12.00 noon
Nicholas
Daniel oboe/cor anglais
Janne
Thomsen flute
Joy
Farrall clarinet
Stephen
Bell horn
Jacqueline
Shave violin/director
Miranda
Dale violin
Martin
Outram viola
Caroline
Dearnley cello
Huw
Watkins piano
Ryan
Wigglesworth conductor
Britten
Phantasy Quartet
Ryan
Wigglesworth New Work (world premičre tour)
Oliver
Knussen Songs without Voices
Johann
Strauss arr. Schoenberg Emperor Waltz
Sunday
15 February 2009 12.00 noon
Cédric
Tiberghien piano
Jacqueline Shave violin
Caroline Dearnley cello
Joy Farrall clarinet
Debussy
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Richard Harrold New Work (world première tour)
Thomas Adès Court Studies from The Tempest
Fauré Piano Trio
Sunday
8 March 2009 12.00 noon
Nicholas
Daniel oboe/cor anglais
Jacqueline Shave violin/director
Thomas Gould violin
Martin Outram viola
Clare Finnimore viola
Caroline Dearnley cello
Ben Chappell cello
Purcell
ed. Britten Chacony in G minor
Pawel Mykietyn New Work (world première tour)
John Woolrich Quiddities
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht
Tickets
12PLN
(about £2 or €3)
Getting to Krakow
Ryanair
flights between Stansted or Liverpool and Krakow take two and a half hours.
Flights prices vary from £3 to £60 each way. See www.ryanair.com
for details.
Easyjet
flights between Bristol or Liverpool and Krakow take two and a half hours.
Flights prices vary from £13 to £75 each way. See www.easyjet.com
for details.
It takes
approximately half an hour to travel by taxi to the centre of Krakow.
Where
to stay
The Radisson
Hotel is directly opposite the Philharmonic Hall. There is currently a
special web deal of a standard double room for €124 per night. See
www.radisson.com/krakowpl
for details.
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