11
September
Grand Finale of Sacrum Profanum
An extraordinary event will take place at the finale of the 10th jubilee edition of the Sacrum Profanum Festival: music from the repertoire of the most outstanding modern Polish composers – icons of the avant-garde will be performed by DJs associated with the cult Ninja Tune record label. The audience in the Tinning Plant of ArcelorMittal will hear compositions from the repertoire of Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Witold Lutosławski and Wojciech Kilar in new surprising and bold arrangements, prepared specially for that evening by the Skalpel duo, DJ Food (Kevin Foakes aka Strictly Kev), King Cannibal (Dylan Richards), the Grasscut duo (Andrew Phillips and Marcus O'Dair) and DJ Vadim (Vadim Peare).
10
September
Pittsburgh Overture premiere at the Warsaw Autumn
The inauguration of the 55th “Warsaw Autumn” International Festival of Contemporary Music will see the first Polish performance of Krzysztof Penderecki’s piece, written in 1967 for wind orchestra, percussion, piano and double basses.
On 21 September at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will perform under the baton on Pascal Rophé. The programme also includes Roseherte by Rozalie Hirs, Zverohra by Kryštof Mařatka, Ein Brief by Mauricio Kagel, and Speakings by Jonathan Harvey.
On 21 September at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will perform under the baton on Pascal Rophé. The programme also includes Roseherte by Rozalie Hirs, Zverohra by Kryštof Mařatka, Ein Brief by Mauricio Kagel, and Speakings by Jonathan Harvey.
