
Conductor Andrzej Kosendiak
Baroque music from Poland
With the kind assistance of Polish Institute, Sofia
Wrocław Baroque Ensemble with Baroque music from Poland for first time in Bulgaria
Wrocław Baroque Ensemble specialises in historically informed performance, having the main focus on exploration of uncommon repertoire from Central Europe. The group presents a variety of early music, from chamber works to oratorios and cantatas, keeping a particular interest in heritage of Polish Renaissance and Baroque. It was founded in 2012 by Andrzej Kosendiak and from the very beginning it has been operating under his artistic direction. Currently, it is one of the resident ensembles of the National Forum of Music in Wrocław. The core of the group consists of outstanding instrumentalists and singers from European countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, and Germany).
Program (about 60 minutes without break)
Marcin Józef Żebrowski – Vesperae in Visitatione Beatae Mariae Virginis:
Deus In Adiutorium
Antiphona 1: Exurgens Maria
Psalmus: Dixit Dominus
Antiphona 2: Intravit Maria
Psalmus: Laudate Pueri
Antiphona 3: Ut audivit
Psalmus: Laetatus Sum
Antiphona 4: Benedicta tu
Psalmus: Nisi Dominus
Antiphona 5: Ex quo facta est
Psalmus: Lauda Jerusalem
Antiphona ad Magnificat: Beatam me dicent
Magnificat:
Magnificat anima mea
Quia respexit
Deposuit potentes
Gloria Patri
Antiphona ad Magnificat: Beatam me dicent
Sequentia: Mittit Ad Virginem
Grzegorz Gerwazy Groczycki – Completorium:
Cum invocarem
In te, Domine, speravi
Qui habitat
Ecce nunc benedicte
Te lucis ante terminum
In manus tuas
Nunc dimittis
Performers:
Andrzej Kosendiak – conductor
Wrocław Baroque Ensemble:
Aldona Bartnik, Aleksandra Turalska – sopranos
Daniel Elgersma, Piotr Olech – countertenors
Maciej Gocman, Florian Cramer – tenors
Tomáš Král, Jaromír Nosek – basses
Zbigniew Pilch, Mikołaj Zgółka – violins
Fruzsina Hara – trumpet
Přemysl Vacek – theorbo
Julia Karpeta – viola da gamba
Krzysztof Karpeta – cello
Marta Niedźwiecka – harpsichord