From the sonata da camera to salon music and elegant string quartets, ensemble playing boasts a rich history—and thanks to the Kraków Musical Autumn, it enjoys a magnificent present as well. The prologue to the festival’s 13th edition (16.10, Polish Aviation Museum) will feature the Łomża Chamber Philharmonic, the Polish Radio Choir (Lusławice), and soloists who also serve as the project’s artistic directors: cellist Jan Kalinowski and pianist Marek Szlezer. Chamber concerts in the Golden Hall of the Kraków Philharmonic (19–22.10) will showcase works composed for small ensembles—such as Ferruccio Busoni’s Kultaselle and Marta Ptaszyńska’s The Gates of Light for cello and piano, alongside violin and piano compositions by Brahms, Wieniawski, and Szymanowski. There will also be room for virtuosic arrangements—specifically, two versions of Autumn: Vivaldi’s from The Four Seasons and Piazzolla’s from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires—performed on the final evening by the violin-accordion duo of Karolina Mikołajczyk and Iwo Jedynecki. A bright future lies ahead for chamber music!

16 October 2026, 7:30 pm
Polish Aviation Museum

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Symphony in C minor No. 4 for strings
Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża
Jan Miłosz Zarzycki – conductor

Roman Palester (1907-1989) Missa brevis for mix choir a cappella
Joseph Twist (*1982) Lament (2006) for cello and choir
Polish Radio Choir – Lusławice
Dawid Ber – conductor
Jan Kalinowski – cello

Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991) Old Polish Suite for string orchestra
Mikołaj Piotr Górecki (*1971) Elegy, Op. 40 (2015) for cello and string orchestra
Hans Gál (1890-1987) Concertino, Op. 43 (1934) for piano and string orchestra
Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża
Jan Miłosz Zarzycki – conductor
Jan Kalinowski – cello
Marek Szlezer – piano

Myroslav Skoryk (1938-2020) Melody
Witold Lutosławski Chamber Philharmonic in Łomża
Polish Radio Choir – Lusławice
Jan Miłosz Zarzycki – conductor

19 October 2026, 7:30 pm
Kraków Philharmonic, Golden Hall

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Song Without Words for cello and piano , Op. 109 
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Notturno sull'acqua, Op. 82a
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Toccata, Op. 83 (Introduzione, Aria e Finale)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Romance oubliée S. 132 (1880) 
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Kultaselle: Ten Variations on the Theme of a Finnish Love Song
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Marta Ptaszyńska (*1943) The Gates of Light (Quasi una fantasia)
Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909) Two Romances, Op. 72
George Gershwin (1898-1937) Rhapsody in Blue (transcription for cello and piano Thierry Huillet, 1965)
Silvia Chiesa – cello
Maurizio Baglini – piano

20 October 2026, 7:30 pm
Kraków Philharmonic, Golden Hall

Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Élégie for soprano, cello and piano (arr. Louis Gallet)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Piangerò la sorte mia from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème
Piotr Czajkowski (1840-1893) Swan Theme from Swan Lake for cello and piano
Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Je veux vivre from Romeo and Juliet
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Addio del passato from La Traviata
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Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
José Bragato (1915-2017) Graciela y Buenos Aires for cello and piano
Andrew Lloyd Webber (*1948) Memories from Cats
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) I Feel Pretty from West Side Story
Lucio Dalla (1943-2012) Caruso
Aleksandra Szmyd – soprano
Marta Nagawiecka – cello
Patrik Jablonski – piano

21 October 2026, 7:30 pm
Kraków Philharmonic, Golden Hall

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) I Sonata for violin and piano in G major, Op. 78
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Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) Legend for violin and piano, Op. 17
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Romances for violin and piano in D major, Op. 23 
Piotr Perkowski (1901-1990) Japanese Utas, Op. 4 No. 1-4 (transcription for violin and piano Zalejski/Wezner)
Mieczysław Wajnberg (1919-1996) Moldavian Theme Rhapsody, Op. 47/3 
Paweł Zalejski – violin
Bartłomiej Wezner – piano

22 October 2026, 7:30 pm
Kraków Philharmonic, Golden Hall

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756-1791) Violin Sonata in G major K. 301
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Violin Concert in F major “Autumn”
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) Autumn from Four Seasons in Buenos Aires
Maciej Zimka (*1989) Winter Came and We Still Believed in Spring (premiere)
Marcin Błażewicz (1953-2021) Sonata for violin and accordion “Night Full of Sins”
Karolina Mikołajczyk – violin
Iwo Jedynecki – accordion