Gdansk Music Festival / Piano Concerts / Various Locations
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It's all about the piano during the Gdansk Music Festival - historical, contemporary, solo or with a band. Concerts will take place in various locations throughout the week. Detailed programme below.
From Saturday, 18th until Saturday, 25th of May 2019
LOCATIONS St John's Centre (Centrum Św. Jana) Świętojańsja Street 50; Polish Baltic Philharmonic, Ołowianka 1; Old Town Hall, Korzenna Street 33/35
Free admission (except for concerts at the Baltic Philharmonic)
Programme of the Gdansk Music Festival 2019:
Saturday, 18th of May, 7 p.m.
Concert Hall at Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Inauguration of the Festival
Joseph Moog – piano
Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra Łódź
Paweł Przytocki – conductor
I.J. Paderewski – Overture in E flat major
E.Grieg – Piano concerto in a minor, Op.16
J. Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op.68
Sunday, 19th of May, 7 p.m.
St. John’ s Centre
Tobias Koch – period pianos
M.K.Ogiński, K.Kurpiński, M.Szymanowska, F,Chopin, I.J.Paderewski
Monday, 20th of May, 6 p.m.
Old Town Hall
Laureate at The 1st International Chopin Competition on Period Instruments
Krzysztof Książek – period piano
F.Chopin - Piano concerto in f minor - original version without orchestra
Tuesday, 21st of May, 7 p.m.
Localization: St. John’ s Centre
J.Haydn - The Seasons
Joanna Freszel – soprano
Ryszard Minkiewicz – tenor
Wojtek Gierlach – basse
Polish Chamber Choir
Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot
Jan Łukaszewski – conductor
Wednesday, 22nd of May, 5 p.m.
Janusz Hajdun Radio Gdańsk Concert Studio
Piano recital
Laureate of J.Waldorff Prize at 52. Polish Piano Festival in Słupsk
Theo Ranganathan - piano
7 p.m.
Chamber Music Hall at the Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Polish concert
Robert Kwiatkowski - violin
Rafał Kwiatkowski – cello
Marcin Sikorski – piano
8 p.m.
St. John’ s Centre
Preludes
Marcin Wądołowski – guitar
Piotr Lemańczyk – double bass
Thursday, 23rd of May, 7 p.m.
Concert Hall at the Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Gidon Kremer TRIO
Gidon Kremer – violin
Giedre Dirvanauskaite – cello
Georgijs Osokins – piano
M.Weinberg - VI Sonata for violin and piano, Op.136
M.Weinberg - 3 excerpts from the "Kinderheft" series Op. 16 (solo piano)
F.Chopin - Piano trio in g minor, Op. 8
L.van Beethoven - Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op.56 (arrangement by Carl Reinecke)
8 p.m.
St. John’ s Centre
The Old Gdańsk Sounds
Johann Balthasar Christian Freisslich
Cantata for the celebratory birthday of the Most Holy Lord of Poland, King Augustus III
Cappella Gedanensis
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny – conductor
Friday, 24th of May, 6.30 p.m.
Localization: Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in Pruszcz Gdański
Maria Perucka – violin
Roman Perucki – organ
7 p.m
Localization: Concert Hall at Polish Baltic Philharmonic
Juho Pohjonen – piano
Orkiestra Filharmonii Bałtyckiej
Boon Hua Lien – conductor
M. Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
F. Poulenc - Aubade "concerto chorégraphique" for piano and orchestra
S. Prokofiew – Piano concerto No.1 in D flat major
D. Szostakowicz – Symphony No. 1 in f minor
Saturday, 25th of May, 7 p.m.
Localization: Concert Hall at Polish Baltic Philharmonic
The End of the Festival
Rafał Blechacz – piano
Bomsori Kim – violin
W. A. Mozart - Sonata in F major for violin and piano KV 376
G. Fauré - Sonata No.1 in A major for violin and piano Op. 13
C. Debussy - Sonata for violin and piano in g minor
K. Szymanowski - Sonata in d minor for violin and piano Op.9
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