The north is calling again! Organised in collaboration between the Academy of Music in Kraków and the Jagiellonian University, the concert will for the second time take us into the world of the stunning but harsh Scandinavian countryside, the great Romantic pianism of Norway and Icelandic melodies hummed in the glow of the aurora borealis. We will hear the famous Finlandia of Jean Sibelius performed by the student symphony orchestra conducted by Maciej Tworek, Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor with the Icelandic-Polish pianist Mikołaj Ólafur Frach playing the piano, or Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson’s Heyr himna smiður, one of the most beautiful Icelandic songs in the interpretation of the Camerata Jagiellonica Jagiellonian University Academic Choir led by Janusz Wierzgacz. In the culmination of the concert, as many as 120 artists will perform together on stage!
Jón Ásgeirsson (*1928) Sjöstrengjaljóð – Poem for Seven Strings
Nikodem Frach, Krzysztof Sotwin, Emilia Zielińska violin
Maksymilian Frach, Dorota Leonow viola
Maria Pyrz cello, Aleksandra Gryglewskadouble bass
Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson (*1965) Kvöldvaka
Julia Dziuban, Julia Woźniak soprano
Arek Dębiński, Iga Wawszczuk alto
Dominik Ślazyk, Paweł Żurawski tenor
Bartosz Woźniak, Szymon Maziarz bass
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson (1938-2013) Heyr himna smiður
Camerata Jagiellonica Jagiellonian University Academic Choir
Janusz Wierzgacz conductor
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Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
II. Adagio
III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato
Mikolaj Ólafur Frach piano
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków Project Orchestra
Maciej Tworek conductor
Atli Heimir Sveinsson (*1940) Snert hörpu mína
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków Project Orchestra
Camerata Jagiellonica Jagiellonian University Academic Choir
Maciej Tworek conductor
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Finlandia
Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków Project Orchestra
Maciej Tworek conductor
