Held since 1996, the popular Proms Concerts in Kraków are a favourite instalment of the early autumn events calendar. Inspired by the long-standing tradition of celebratory concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London, Kraków also bids farewell to summer with an all-singing music gala.
The stars of this year’s 26th Last Night of the Proms in Cracow are the soprano Marta Huptas, the baritone Paweł Trojak and the Norwegian tubist Øystein Baadsvik, star of both, famous concert stages and YouTube. The programme comprises arias and duos from operas by Bellini, Massenet, Leoncavallo adn Puccini, as well as Sibelius' Finlandia and Vaughan Williams' Concerto for bass tuba. It also features traditional British songs such as Rule Britannia and Jerusalem, and closes with the national anthems of Poland and the UK. The concert is led by Tim Murray conducting the Beethoven Academy Orchestra.
Marta Huptas – soprano
Paweł Trojak – baritone
Øystein Baadsvik – tuba
Kraków Opera Choir
Beethoven Academy Orchestra
Tim Murray - conductor
Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz Czornym wyhorom – noczi…
Carlisle Floyd The trees on the mountains are cold and bare from Susannah (Polish premiere)
Carlisle Floyd That’s mighty pretty singin’ from Susannah (Polish premiere)
Myroslav Skoryk Childhod from Hutsul Tryptich
Vincenzo Bellini Ah, per sempre io ti perdei from I Puritani
Jules Massenet Charme des jours passés from Hérodiade
Jules Massenet C’est toi, mon pere! from Thais
Ralph Vaughan Williams Koncert for bass tuba
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Matthew Hindson Headbanger (Polish premiere)
Jean Sibelius Finlandia
Ruggero Leoncavallo Silvio! A quest’ora! from I Pagliacci
Giacomo Puccini Marcello and Mimis duo from Act 3 of La Boheme
Øystein Baadsvik Fnugg Blue
E. Elgar Pomp and Circumstance - March No. 1 in D major
H. Wood Fantasia on British Sea-Songs
T. Arne Rule Britannia
H. Parry (orch. E. Elgar) Jerusalem
God Save the Queen (arr. B. Britten)
Dąbrowski Mazurka
