Owls & Oratorios in old Krakow

Trip dates: Wednesday 19 – Tuesday 25 March 2008

Trip price: £ 1,250 per person sharing in a double/twin room
£ 130 single supplement, deposit £ 150 per person

Activity level: Fairly easy walking every day on forest paths, raised stone dykes, very squelchy peat bog and cobbled streets in Krakow.

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Each Easter the great mediaeval city of Krakow hosts the Misteria Paschalia Festival with performances of music specifically composed to relate the events of the Passion.

In addition to exploring the many museums, galleries and churches of this UNESCO World Heritage city, we make a series of excursions out to the ancient forests, mediaeval fishponds and relict peat bogs nearby to observe Ural, Eagle and Pygmy owls, all eight European woodpecker species and the spring lekking displays of endangered black grouse.

We will attend the following 4 performances of the Misteria Paschalia Festival:

21 March 2008, The Church of St Joseph, 21.30

New London Consort

Conductor: Philip Pickett

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber - Requiem

Easter Saturday 22 March 2008, The Chapel of St. Kinga, Wieliczka Salt Mine, 20.00

Le Poème Harmonique

Conductor: Vincente Dumestre

Emilio de’Cavalieri – Lamentations

Easter Sunday 23 March 2008, Slowacki Theatre, 20.00

Europa Galante

Conductor: Fabio Biondi

Soprano: Maria Grazia Schiavo

Antonio Vivaldi - Bajazet

Easter Monday 24 March 2008, Krakow Philharmonic Hall, 21.00

La Risonanza

Conductor: Fabio Bonizzoni

Soprano : Roberta Invernizzi

Antonio Vivaldi – Motetti e concerti III