Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at the Kraków Philharmonic

Friday, January 28, 2022, 7:30 PM

  • Friday, January 28, 2022, 7:30 PM
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On the 77th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps, the Kraków Philharmonic presents a choral concert recalling works by Gideon Klein and Viktor Ullmann, Czech composers of Jewish origins, prisoners of Theresienstadt camp. None of them lived to see the end of the war: Ullmann and his family were killed in Auschwitz gas chambers, Klein died under unclear circumstances during the liquidation of the Fürstengrube subcamp in January 1945, just two days before the liberation of Auschwitz. What they left behind is their music.
The concert programme will be complimented by compositions by Rachmaninoff, Kilar, Penderecki and others. The Kraków Philharmonic Choir will be led by Alexander Humala.

Giacomo Carissimi Jephte: Plorate filii Israel|
Sergei Rachmaninoff Nynie otpuszczajeszi (Canticle of Simeon from Vespers)
Wojciech Kilar Lamento
Gideon Klein:

  • Bachuri Le’an tisa
  • Madrigal to the Words by François Villon
  • Sündenfall
  • Spruch

Viktor Ullmann:

  • Anu olim arza (from Zwei Hebraische Chöre)
  • As der Rebe elimelech
  • Scha schtil
  • Fregt di welt
  • Du solst nischt gejn (from Makabi Liederbuch, Jüdische Verlag, Berlin 1930)
  • Du Mejdele (from Makabi Liederbuch)
  • Jome Jome (from Makabi Liederbuch)
  • Elijahu hanawi (from Makabi Liederbuch, Jüdische Verlag, Berlin 1930)

Arnold Schönberg De Profundis Op. 50, Psalm 130
Krzysztof Penderecki Song of Cherubim 

Kraków Philharmonic Choir
Alexander Humala – conductor

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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