A polyphony for Warsaw that never sleeps, even though it would love to - about people and times, about non-humans and other times. About us, but also not about us - thankfully, since everything should not really be about us’ - Emilia Dluzewska  

Hańba! is a band with such a unique expression style and specific styling that the idea of contemporary composers writing songs for them is an interesting, trailblazing, and high-risk endeavour. Fortunately, the songs already exist - they have been played, and there was even an album released by Antena Krzyku, so that issue has been long resolved. We know that the music is good. The glue that binds the songs together, apart from the character of Hańba!, are the poems by Grzegorz Uzdański, who has a great feel for the band's manner of expression. The songs tell the story of an unspecified morning in the Polish capital as viewed by ten characters. We get to know their names, issues, feelings and hopes. Without a moment of hesitation, we tease the 23rd edition of the Sacrum Profanum festival with Hańba! playing the Songs of Warsaw Autumn! 

4:15 – Krzysztof Knittel 

5:05 (Autobus żółtoczerwony) – Katarzyna Krzewińska 

5:05 (Dziwne uczucie trochę wstyd) – Artur Zagajewski 

5:05 (Za oknem Marszałkowska) – Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska 

5:30 – Monika Szpyrka 

5:40 – Paweł Malinowski 

6:04 – Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska 

6:20 – Jerzy Kornowicz 

6:40 – Rafał Zapała 

7:30 – Anna Sowa 

Hańba!: 

Andrzej Zamenhof (Andrzej Zagajewski) – banjo, bass banjo, vocals 

Tadeusz Król (Wojciech Wędzicha) – accordion, clarinet, tenor saxophone 

Antoni Skwarło (Sebastian Kaszyca) - drums, accordion 

Ignacy Woland (Jakub Lewicki) - sousaphone 

Venue: Nowa Huta Cultural Centre 

The series of songs composed to poems by Grzegorz Uzdański was commissioned by the Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival. The concert is organised by Hańba! and the Nowa Huta Cultural Centre. 

 
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Accessibility: The concert features varied songs played by a small ensemble, from subdued and subtle to loud and energetic ones. The lyrics are not inappropriate for minors, even though one expletive is used in one of them; some of the lyrics may have disturbing overtones for sensitive audiences. 

The venue is adapted to the needs of people with mobility difficulties. Theatre Hall is equipped with an induction loop for the hard of hearing. 

Assistance for visually impaired individuals* is also available. You can enter the building with a support dog and a guide dog.