A melodious voice and an hourglass figure… Well, we are not sexists, we are just announcing the 11th Kraków Cello Spring with this remarkable instrument being the main character of the event. The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków has prepared an array of interesting concerts featuring cello in the main role.

Sunday 17 March 2024, 7pm
Polish Aviation Museum
Jazz Concert

Stephan Braun cello
Improvisation on themes from Baroque music, jazz and pop standards and own works

Admission free

Thursday 21 March 2024, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Duets!

MICHEL GORRETTE Sonata (1738)
Jan Kalinowski cello
Krzysztof Firlus double bass

FRIEDRICH DOTZAUER Sonata Op. 15 No. 1
Jan Kalinowski, Bartosz Koziak cellos

JEAN BAPTISTE BARRIÈRE Sonata in G major
Bartosz Koziak cello
Marek Romanowski double bass

GIOVANNI BOTTESINI Gran Duetto No. 2
Krzysztof Firlus, Marek Romanowski double basses

GEORGES BIZET / arr. Udo Wessiepe / Habanera from Carmen
Bartosz Koziak, Jan Kalinowski cellos
Marek Romanowski, Krzysztof Firlus double basses

Admission free

Friday 22 March 2024, 7pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Recital of the laureate of D. Danczowski Competition

JAN SEBASTIAN BACH III Cello Suite in C major BWV 1009
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Grave
LUIGI BOCCHERINI Sonata in A major “L’imperatrice”
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KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Divertimento for cello solo
WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI Sacher Variations
JOHANNES BRAHMS II Cello Sonata in F major Op. 99
Antoni Wrona cello
Łukasz Chrzęszczyk fortepian

Admission free

Saturday 23 March 2024, 6pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Only Cello!

JAN SEBASTIAN BACH III Suite in C major for cello solo BWV 1009: Prelude
Zoltán Onczay

ANTONIO VIVALDI Concerto in G minor for 2 cello RV 531: Allegro
Marcin Mączyński, Monika Krasicka-Gajownik

JOSEPH HAYDN Divertimento in D major: Adagio / Allegro
Zoltán Onczay, Jan Kalinowski, Bartosz Koziak

JULIUS KLENGEL Impromptu Op. 30
Bartosz Koziak, Paweł Czarakcziew, Andrii Vorontsov, Zoltán Onczay

RICHARD WAGNER Feierliches Stück
Jan Kalinowski, Marcin Mączyński, Weronika Strugała, Monika Krasicka -Gajownik

GEORGE GERSHWIN / arr. Piero Bastionelli / 3 Preludes
Marcin Mączyński, Bartosz Koziak, Paweł Czarakcziew, Jan Kalinowski, Zoltán Onczay

PIOTR MOSS Ragtime II
Monika Krasicka-Gajownik, Marcin Mączyński, Zoltán Onczay, Paweł Czarakcziew, Bartosz Koziak, Weronika Strugała, Andrii Vorontsov, Jan Kalinowski

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CLARENCE WOODS / arr. W. Thomas-Mifune / Slippery Elm Rag
ROBERT HAMPTON / arr. W. Thomas-Mifune / Agitation Rag
JOSEPH F. LAMB / arr. W. Thomas-Mifune / Rohemia Rag
SCOTT JOPLIN / arr. W. Thomas-Mifune / The Easy Winners
JAMES SCOTT / arr. W. Thomas-Mifune . Sunburst Rag
WERNER THOMAS-MIFUNE Chromatic Syncopations
Zoltán Onczay, Martyna Miodońska, Emila Kopeć, Mikołaj Adamczak, Zofia Bętkowska, Beata Świątkowska, Andrii Vorontsov, Zofia Kupiec, Matylda Piotrowicz, Paweł Czarakcziew, Gaia Rizzo, Magdalena Chruszcz

LEONARD BERNSTEIN West Side Story: Maria / America / I Feel Pretty / Somewhere
Zoltán Onczay, Aleksandra Łukasik, Zofia Kupiec, Mikołaj Adamczak, Martyna Miodońska, Emila Kopeć, Andrii Vorontsov, Magdalena Chruszcz, Gaia Rizzo, Paweł Czarakcziew, Matylda Piotrowicz, Zofia Bętkowska

BLAISE DEJARDIN Aquarela do Violoncelo
Zoltán Onczay, Mikołaj Adamczak, Bartosz Koziak, Martyna Miodońska, Paweł
Czarakcziew, Emilia Kopeć, Weronika Strugała, Marcin Mączyński, Andrii
Vorontsov, Monika Krasicka, Zofia Kupiec, Jan Kalinowski

Admission free

Sunday 24 March 2024, 6pm
Florianka Recital Hall
Grand Finale

ANTONI STOLPE Scène dramatique for cello and string orchestra (1868)
Jan Kalinowski cello

MAREK STACHOWSKI Adagio ricordamente for cello and string orchestra (2001)
Bartosz Koziak cello

DAVID POPPER Requiem for 3 cello and string orchestra Op. 66
Zoltán Onczay, Bartosz Koziak, Jan Kalinowski cellos

FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 8 in D major for string orchestra (1822)

Piotr Tarcholik violin / direction
Chamber Orchestra of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków

Tickets: PLN 40/20; available before the concert