Concerts at Sts Peter and Paul’s Church – Cracow Chamber Orchestra of St Maurice

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 8:00 PM

  • Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, July 23, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, July 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, July 25, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, July 26, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, July 27, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, July 30, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, July 31, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, August 1, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, August 2, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, August 3, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 6, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, August 7, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, August 8, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, August 9, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, August 10, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 11, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 12, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 13, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, August 14, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, August 15, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, August 16, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, August 17, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 20, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, August 21, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, August 22, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, August 23, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, August 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, August 26, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, August 27, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, August 28, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, August 29, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, August 30, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, August 31, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 3, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, September 4, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 5, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, September 6, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, September 7, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 10, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, September 11, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 12, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, September 13, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, September 14, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 17, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, September 18, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 19, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, September 20, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, September 21, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 24, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Friday, September 25, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 26, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Sunday, September 27, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Monday, September 28, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 8:00 PM
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The concerts of classical music by the Cracow Chamber Orchestra of St Maurice are held at Sts Peter and Paul’s Church daily at 8pm.

In programme:
Mondays, Thursdays: Organ & Orchestra (J.S. Bach, M. Surzyński, F. Chopin, L. Mozart, W.A. Mozart, A. Dvořák, P. Tchaikovsky, A. Vivaldi)
Tuesdays, Saturdays: The Four Seasons (A. Vivaldi The Four Seasons)
Wednesdays, Sundays: Golden Collection (E. Grieg, A. Vivaldi, F. Chopin, J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, G.F. Handel, P. Tchaikovsky, J. Rodrigo, A. Khachaturian)
Fridays: The Best Classics (G.F. Handel, F. Chopin, A. Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart, P. Tchaikovsky, C. Debussy)

Cracow Chamber Orchestra of St Maurice was founded eight years ago. Member of the orchestra are graduates from the Academy of Music in Kraków. They have perfected their skills at master courses and at Europe’s best colleges: Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien and University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum in Salzburg among the others. They have also played at various festival across Europe, i.e. Festival Music in Old Cracow, Festival Maggio Musicale di Firenze and Summer Music Festival in Prague. The musician have been awarded at numerous international competitions.

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Church of Sts Peter and Paul

ul. Grodzka 52a

Kraków’s first church inspired by the sacred architecture of Roman baroque; with a magnificent stone façade and masterly designed dome, provides a key element in the panorama of the city.

In the second half of the 16th century, after the Council of Trent, Jesuits arrived in Kraków, bringing the ideas of the Counter-Reformation and a new vision of baroque church architecture. Initially, they made use of the modest church of St Barbara, soon, however the idea of erecting a more imposing church took hold. To carry out the Counter-Reformation mission of the order, the church was to be raised in the centre of the city and dominate its urban tissue. After successful fundraising – including a donation by King Sigismund III Vasa (Zygmunt III Waza), a committed figure when it came to religious matters, Poland’s first baroque church was built in 1597–1619. Its design was modelled on the Jesuit mother church Il Gesù in Rome, considered the paradigm of early baroque.

The construction was not easy: once raised, the walls began to crack and the reinforcement of their foundations required taking them down. It was only the third architect employed, Giovanni Trevano, who managed to introduce appropriate amendments to the design, cover the church with a dome, and put the impressive façade of stone blocks in front of it. The monumental architecture of the interior is sparing, almost austere. Attention is primarily drawn to the high altar with a painting depicting the presentation of keys to Rome to St Peter.

The crypt under the chancel is the resting place of a Jesuit, Piotr Skarga (d. 1612), the leading representative of the Counter-Reformation in Poland, writer and court preacher to King Sigismund III Vasa. In 2012, on the 400th anniversary of the priest’s death, the first part of a new national pantheon opened in the vaults of the church. The first earthly remains to be interred here belonged to the writer Sławomir Mrożek (2013).

Be sure to see:

  • the railing with late baroque figures of the 12 Apostles (copies)
  • interior stucco-decoration by Giovanni Batista Falconi
  • gilded figures of the four evangelists in the drum of the dome, another work of Falconi

 

Foucault’s Pendulum demonstrations: Thu 10am, 11am, 12pm (midday)

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