During the Philharmonic Music Summer, the Kraków Philharmonic swaps symphonies for meetings with chamber music – occasionally unexpected but always captivating. In July the Cracow Horn Quartet performs Music for the Royal Fireworks, Libertango and Air on the G String. The Kraków Philharmonic Bassoon Quartet present their take on Chopin’s Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 and the overture to Verdi’s Traviata. The next two concerts feature music for violin and harp (Jadwiga Bialic and Elżbieta Bakalarz) and violin and guitar (Paweł Wajrak and Michał Nagy): we will hear Fantaisie Op. 124 by Saint-Saëns, Intermezzo from Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana, Bartók’s Romanian Dances and Ourkouzounov’s Sonatina Bulgarica.
August brings concertos for two violins performed by Anna and Paweł Wójtowicz, and works by Liget, Ibert, Kilar, Barber and Farkas for the wind Cracow Golden Quintet. Cracow Clarinet Quartet focuses on their take on the Peer Gynt suite and the Rhapsody in Blue. The Philhamonia Music Summer ends with Handel’s sonatas for two oboes and basso continuo performed by Mariusz Pędziałek, Paweł Nyklewicz (oboes), Paulina Tkaczyk (harpsichord) and Michał Dąbek (cello). (Barbara Skowrońska)

The concerts take place at the Golden Hall of the Kraków Philharmonic.

4 July 2018, 6:30pm
Cracow Horn Quartet:
Paweł Dziewoński, Adam Kozłowski, Marek Gumiela, Artur Tyński

G.F. Handel Fireworks Music (overture)
T. Morley My Mistress' Face
J. S. Bach Aria on the G String
J. Clarke Prince of Denmark's March
E. Bozza Suite
K. Turner Fanfare for Barcs
M. Sherwinn A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley
G. Gershwin Summertime
A. Piazzolla Libertango
M. Rimky-Korsakov Nocturne

11 July 2018, 6:30pm
Kraków Philharmonic Bassoon Quartet:
Wojciech Turek, Zdzisław Bogacz, Adam Mróz, Marcin Krakowski

J.S. Bach Concerto in A minor BWV 593 (arr. Rechtman Moordechai)
M. Corette Concerto “Le Phenix”
G. Keating Dance Hall Suite
H. Sadler Drei Burlesken
H. Berlioz Symphonie fantastique – March to the Scaffold (arr. A.Burford)
F. Chopin Mazurka Op. 7 No. 1 (arr. A. Burford)
G. Verdi Traviata opera overture (arr. A. Burford)
M. Penella El gato montes (arr. E.Vilkovsky)
A. Piazzola Libertango (arr. E. Vilkovsky)
S. Prokofiev Scherzo for four bassoons

18 July 2018, 6:30pm
Jadwiga Bialic – violin
Elżbieta Bakalarz – harp

R. Kreutzer/N. Bochsa Nocturne concertante Op. 71 No. 3 for violin i harp
R. Kreutzer/N. Bochsa Nocturne for violin and harp
L. Spohr Fantasie in C minor Op. 35 for harp solo
L. Spohr Sonata in C minor WoO 23 for violin and harp
C. Saint-Saens Fantaisie Op. 124 for violin and harp
J. Massenet Meditation from Thaïs (arr. for violin and harp)
P. Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana (arr. for violin and harp)

25 July 2018, 6:30pm
Paweł Wajrak – violin
Michał Nagy – guitar

G.P. Telemann Sonata in A minor
A.F. Duranowski Aires 2me de la Flute Enchante de Mozart
M.A. Lhoyer Sonates pour la guitare avec violon
M. de Falla Nana
M de Falla Spanish Dance (arr. Fritz Kreisler)
A. Piazzolla Jacinto Chiclana
B. Bartók Romanian Dances
A. Ourkozuzounov Sonatina Bulgarica

1 August 2018, 6:30pm
Anna Wójtowicz, Paweł Wójtowicz – violin
Cracovie Ensemble

L. Boccherini Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid
A. Vivaldi Concerto for two violins in A minor Op. 3 No. 8
G.F. Handel/J. Halvorsen Passacaglia
G.P. Telemann Quartetto TWV 43:A6
J.S. Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV 1043
A. Vivaldi Concerto for two violins in A major Op. 3 No. 5 RV 519

8 August 2018, 6:30pm
Cracow Golden Quintet

G. Ligeti Six Bagatelles
J. Ibert Trois Pieces Breves
W. Kilar Wind Quintet
S. Barber Summer Music
F. Farkas Early Hungarian Dances
M. Arnold Three Shanties

22 August 2018, 6:30pm
Cracow Clarinet Quartet:
Michał Poniżnik, Mariusz Stępień, Marek Nemtusiak, Jakub Sztencel

E. Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46
C. Debussy Arabesque 1 & 2
A. Uhl Divertimento
G. Gershwin 3 Preludes, Rhapsody in Blue

29 August 2018, 6:30pm
Mariusz Pędziałek, Paweł Nyklewicz – oboe
Paulina Tkaczyk – harpsichord
Michał Dąbek – cello

G.F. Handel 6 Sonatas for two oboje and b.c.