Valentine’s Day Concert at the Kraków Philharmonic

Friday, February 15, 2019, 7:30 PM

  • Friday, February 15, 2019, 7:30 PM
  • Saturday, February 16, 2019, 6:00 PM
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Some send anonymous love notes, some buy roses, others head out for a romantic film, dinner or walk, but the Kraków Philharmonic celebrates Valentine’s Day with the tuba. On 15 and 16 February, we will hear Constantin Hartwig, winner of the German Music Competition in Bonn and the Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments in Düsseldorf. He performs Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Concerto for tuba – the absolute classic for the instrument. Recalling last year’s centenary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein, we will also hear his Symphony No. 2 “The Age of Anxiety”. The concert closes with George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, described by the composer himself as “the musical kaleidoscope of America”. The solo piano parts in the latter two compositions are performer by Karol Radziwonowicz. One thing is for sure: the concert will make you fall

Williams, Gershwin, Bernstein

Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra
Sławek A. Wróblewski – conductor
Karol Radziwonowicz – piano
Constantin Hartwig – tuba

Kraków Philharmonic Hall

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Besides their weekly symphony concerts, the Kraków Philharmonic also organises master recitals and educational concerts for children and young people.

The Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic Hall in Kraków was the first philharmonic to open in Poland after the Second World War. Besides the weekly symphony concerts, it organises master recitals and educational concerts for children and young people, while the summer meetings with music assume the form of chamber concerts of slightly lighter character. A hallmark of the Kraków Philharmonic repertoire is its programme of oratorios, which the Philharmonic can present thanks to its extensive and varied lineup: the orchestra, mixed choir, and boys choir. The Kraków Philharmonic has become recognised for its promotion of the works of Karol Szymanowski in Poland and abroad.

The Philharmonic Hall frequently hosts concerts by special guests, for example, at major festivals.

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