From Benedetto Marcello’s baroque sonata to the world premiere of Bartosz Witkowski’s rhapsody for violin and piano Orpheus and Eurydice, from Chopin’s intimate preludes to Beethoven’s great Ninth Symphony (albeit in a Lisztian arrangement for two pianos) – welcome to the 11th Kraków Music Autumn! During a few days of this festival of chamber music, we will admire violinist Oriana Masternak and pianist Justyna Danczowska, Piotr Lato and Maciej Zimka in clarinet and accordion performances of works ranging from Bach to Piazzolla, a hope of the Polish piano scene – 20-year-old Mateusz Dubiel, and the Hyuk and Hyo Lee brothers (in addition to a work by Beethoven, this piano duet will present also Arthur Benjamin’s 6 Caribbean Pieces). At the finale of the festival, the Poldowski String Quartet will perform the compositions of Roxanna Panufnik and their patron Irene Poldowski, Henryk Wieniawski’s daughter, in the (Non)Daughters programme.

20 October 2024, 6pm
Concert Hall
Hyuk Lee – piano
Hyo Lee – piano
Arthur Benjamin 6 Caribbean Pieces for 2 pianos:

• Jamaican Rumba
• From San Domingo
• Caribbean Dance
• Mattie Rag
• Cookie
• Jamaicalypso

Witold Lutosławski Variations on a Theme by Paganini
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Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (arranged for 2 pianos by F. Liszt)

21 October 2024, 7:30pm
Golden Hall
Oriana Masternak – violin
Justyna Danczowska – piano
Witold Lutosławski Subito
Johannes Brahms Sonata in A major No. 2, Op. 100
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Bartosz Witkowski Rhapsody for violin and piano Orfeo and Euridice (premiere)
Maurice Ravel Sonata in G major No. 2 M. 77

22 October 2024, 7:30pm
Golden Hall
Piotr Lato – clarinet
Maciej Zimka – accordion
Benedetto Marcello Sonata in F major S. 529
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in E flat major BWV 1031
Francis Poulenc Mouvements perpétuels
Karol Szymanowski Mazurkas (selection)
Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Astor Piazzolla Oblivion
Maciej Zimka Out of the Circle

23 October 2024, 7:30pm
Golden Hall
Mateusz Dubiel – piano
Johannes Brahms 4 Ballads, Op. 10
Fryderyk Chopin Preludes, Op. 28 (Nos. 7–18)
Fryderyk Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat major, Op. 61

24 October 2024, 7:30pm
Golden Hall
(Non)Daughters
Alicja Kieruzalska – bassoon
Agata Schmidt – mezzo-soprano
Poldowski String Quartet:
Marta Piórkowska – violin
Agata Krystek – violin
Damian Kułakowski – viola
Mateusz Błaszczak – cello
Irene Poldowski Songs arranged for string quartet (arr. Wojciech Chałupka)
Irene Poldowski Songs arranged for voice and string quartet (arr. Wojciech Chałupka)
Roxanna Panufnik Memories of my Father
Roxanna Panufnik Cantator and Amanda for bassoon and string quartet