The program of the 46th edition of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, which is planned for three weekends in September 2011, is built around three different themes.
The first of the themes, titled 'Saints and Sinners', will transport listeners back to the medieval period. According to the assumption, one of the currents of this part of the Festival will be storytelling, with the Schola Teatru WÄgajty recreating the medieval liturgical drama Ludus Danielis. We will also host Benjamin Bagby, who will take on the role of a bard in his version of the epic Beowulf. The musical traditions of the courts will be presented by the Orlando Consort.
The second, most extensive part of the Festival will address a theme illustrated by a quote from the medieval Gregorian hymn Media vita in morte sumus (translation: In the midst of life, we are in death). This part will begin with Symphony No. 8 by Krzysztof Penderecki, 'Songs of Transience'. During the Festival, we wish to honor the memory of the great Polish composer who passed away in 2010 â Henryk MikoÅaj Górecki â we will present his Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.
In 2011, it will be ten years since the cruel events that took place on September 11, 2001, in New York. We want to commemorate the anniversary of the tragedy with a concert by the WrocÅaw Festival Orchestra, which will perform reflective works by Herbert Howells, Samuel Barber, and the extraordinary Symphony No. 1 by Elgar. This new orchestra, led by the artistic director of the Festival â Paul McCreesh â will consist of outstanding Polish musicians and international stars performing as guests.
During the Festival, there will also be a series of evening concerts presenting instrumental recitals in the most beautiful churches of WrocÅaw. Nicholas Daniel and Pieter Wispelwey will perform works by Britten, Rachel Podger will present pieces by Bach, and Henning Kraggerud will showcase the creativity of Ysaye. The Festival will also have the honor of hosting the renowned, legendary harpsichordist â Gustav Leonhardt.
The guiding theme of the closing weekend of the Festival will be: 'Biblical Heroes'. The Festival will conclude with the masterpiece of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy â Elijah. During this concert, the combined forces of recognized soloists, Gabrieli Consort & Players, and the WrocÅaw Philharmonic Choir will be conducted by the artistic director of the Festival, Paul McCreesh.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM:
September 2-3, 2011 Friday at 00:00 WrocÅaw, WrocÅaw Philharmonic, ul. PiÅsudskiego 19 Beowulf â Benjamin Bagby
Performers: Benjamin Bagby â singing and Anglo-Saxon harp Program: Beowulf
September 3, 2011 Saturday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 All the lands of the Earth. Organum paryskie around 1200 Performers: The Orlando Consort: Matthew Venner â countertenor Mark Dobell â tenor Angus Smith â tenor Donald Greig â baritone Choir of the Singing Poland
Program: Gaudens gaudebo in Domino (Choral) Kyrie â Christe redemptor (Winchester Troper) Christus resurgens v. Dicant nunc (Notre Dame) Beata viscera Marie virginis (Perotin) Lux refulget (Polifonia akwitaÅska) Alleluia v. Assumpta est Maria (Notre Dame) Gaude virgo gloriosa (Akwitania) Vetus abit littera (Notre Dame) Alleluia v. Posui adiutorium (Perotin) Procedenti puero (Notre Dame) Viderunt omnes (Perotin) Conditor alme siderum (Choral)
September 3, 2011 Saturday at 21:00 WrocÅaw, Church of St. StanisÅaw, St. Dorota, and St. WacÅaw Ludus Danielis Schola Teatru WÄgajty
Program: Ludus Danielis â liturgical drama
September 4, 2011 Sunday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 Voices from the Sanctuary â songs of the Parisian ecclesiastical (1180â1230)
Performers: Sequentia Benjamin Bagby â singing, harp Justin Bonnet â singing Josep Cabre â singing Vincent Pislar â singing Wolodymyr Smishkewych â singing, organistrum Michael Loughton Smith â singing
Program: Wytworny kanclerz Ave gloriosa virginum regina (sequence for 1 voice) â Philippe le Chancelier (c.1165â1236) Ärliwi chÅopcy z miasta Aurelianis civitas (conductus for 1 voice) Paris, Notre Dame (after 1236) O varium fortune lubricum (conductus for 2 voices) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Initium Sancti evangelii (parody for 1 voice) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Curritur ad vocem nummi (conductus for 3 voices) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Anglia planctus itera (conductus for 1 voice) Paris, Notre Dame (after 1189) Bulla fulminante (conductus for 3 voices/trop) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Nowe brzmienie w koÅcioÅach paryskich Descendit de celis (organum for 2 voices on the responsorial singing) Paris, Notre Dame (around 1200) Minor natu filius (conductus for 1 voice) â Philippe le Chancelier
Zima vetus expurgetur (sequence for 1 voice) Paris, Monastery of St. Victor (mid-12th century) Eros i ambicja Sic mea fata canendo solor (verse for 1 voice) Hilarius of Orleans (around 12th century) Veneris prosperis (conductus for 2 voices) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Vitam duxi (conductus for 1 voice) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Procurans odium (conductus for 3 voices) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Olim sudor Herculis (sequence for 1 voice with refrain) â Pierre de Blois (c.1135âc.1203) Nowy Rok Festa ianuaria (conductus for 3 voices) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Annus renascitur (rondellus for 1 voice) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century) Novus annus hodie (conductus for 3 voices) Paris, Notre Dame (early 13th century)
September 4, 2011 Sunday at 21:00 Piwnica Åwidnicka, Rynek-Ratusz 1 Sounds delicious: Music and feasting in medieval and early Renaissance Europe
Performers: The Orlando Consort Matthew Venner â countertenor Mark Dobell â tenor Angus Smith â tenor Donald Greig â baritone
Burgundy around 1426â1490 Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoy Guillaume Dufay (c.1397â1474) Un franc archier Loyset Compere (c.1445â1518) Sile fragor Loyset Compere La plus grant chiere Anonim
CZÄÅÄ 2: KARCZMA WÅochy around 1450â1500 Canto de cardoni Anonim, Carnival song florentine
Donna di dentro / Dammene un poco Heinrich Isaac (c.1450â1517) Canto di donne maestre di far cacio Anonim, Carnival song florentine Spain and Portugal around 1480-1530 / Spain and Portugal, c.1480-c.1530 La tricotea Anonim / Anon Ave color vini clari Juan Ponce (c.1480-1521) Oy comamos y bebamos Juan del Encina (1468-1529)
Germany around 1500-1585 / Germany, c. 1500-c.1585 Von Eyern Matthias Greiter (1495-1550) Von edler Art Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-c.1543) Trinkt und singt Anonim / Anon
September 7, 2011 Wednesday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. KoÅcielny Songs of Transience Performers: Stile Antico Helen Ashby â soprano Kate Ashby â soprano Rebecca Hickey â soprano Emma Ashby â alto Eleanor Harries â alto Carris Jones â alto Jim Clements â tenor Andrew Griffiths â tenor Benedict Hymas â tenor Will Dawes â bass Oliver Hunt â bass Matthew OâDonovan â bass
Program: William Cornysh (1465â1523) Woefully arrayed William Byrd (c.1540â1623) Retire my soul Martin Peerson (c.1572â1651) Man, dreame no more Thomas Campion (1567â1620) Never weather beatân sail Robert Ramsey (c.1590â1644) How are the mighty fallân John McCabe (1939) Woefully arrayed William Byrd Nunc dimittis Thomas Tallis (1505â1585) In pace John Sheppard (c. 1515â1558) Media Vita
September 7, 2011 Wednesday at 21:30 WrocÅaw, Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. KoÅcielny Rachel Podger â violin recital
Program: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685â1750) â Sonata No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644â1704) â Passacaglia in G minor from Sonata No. 16 in G minor: Sonata Angelica C.105 Johann Sebastian Bach â Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004
September 8, 2011 Thursday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 H. M. Górecki â 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'
Performers: Ewa Vesin â soprano Pieter Wispelwey â cello PaweÅ Przytocki â conductor Orchestra of the Krakow Philharmonic named after K. Szymanowski
Program: Krzysztof Penderecki (1933) â De profundis for string orchestra W. LutosÅawski (1913â1994) â Grave. Metamorphoses for cello and string orchestra Henryk MikoÅaj Górecki (1933â2010) â Symphony No. 3 â 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' op. 36
September 8, 2011 Thursday at 21:30 WrocÅaw, Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. KoÅcielny Henning Kraggerud â violin recital Program: Eugene Ysaye (1858â1931) â 6 Sonatas for solo violin op. 27 Sonata No. 1 in G minor Sonata No. 2 in A minor Sonata No. 3 in D minor â 'Ballade' Sonata No. 4 in E minor Sonata No. 5 in G major Sonata No. 6 in E major
September 9, 2011 Friday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 Krzysztof Penderecki â Symphony No. 8 'Songs of Transience' Performers: Iwona Hossa â soprano Agnieszka Rehlis â mezzo-soprano Mariusz Godlewski â baritone WrocÅaw Symphony Orchestra WrocÅaw Philharmonic Choir Jacek Kaspszyk â conductor
Program: Krzysztof Penderecki (1933) â Symphony No. 8 'Songs of Transience'
September 9, 2011 Friday at 21:30 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene at ul. Szewskiej 10 [NOTE CHANGE] Nicholas Daniel â recital
Performers: Nicholas Daniel â oboe, English horn
September 10, 2011 Saturday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. KoÅcielny Songs of Farewell â music bringing solace
Performers: Gabrieli Consort
Program: Orlando Gibbons (1583â1625) â Drop, drop slow tears William Walton (1902â1983) â Drop, drop, slow tears (litany) Robert White (+1574) â Christe qui lux es et dies (I) James MacMillan (1959) â A child's prayer John Sheppard (+1559) â In manus tuas Jonathan Dove (1959) â Into thy hands Thomas Morley (1557/8â1602) â Burial Sentences Edward Elgar (1857â1934) â They are at rest Herbert Howells (1892â1983) â Requiem Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848â1918) â Lord, let me know mine end (from the collection Songs of Farewell)
September 10, 2011 Saturday at 21:00 WrocÅaw, Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. KoÅcielny Pieter Wispelwey â cello recital
Program: Benjamin Britten (1913â1976) â Cello Suites Cello Suite No. 1 op. 72 Cello Suite No. 2 op. 80 Cello Suite No. 3 op. 87
September 11, 2011 Sunday at 15:00 and 17:00 WrocÅaw, Museum of Mr. Tadeusz, Rynek 6 Gustav Leonhardt â harpsichord recital
September 11, 2011 Sunday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 New York September 11, 2001 in memoriam
Performers: Festival Orchestra Henning Kraggerud â viola Nicholas Daniel â oboe Paul McCreesh â conductor
Program: Herbert Howells (1892â1983) â Elegy for strings and viola op. 15 / (Henning Kraggerud â viola solo) Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872â1958) â Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Samuel Barber (1910â1981) â Canzonetta for oboe and strings Edward Elgar (1857-1934) â Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major op. 55
September 11, 2011 Sunday at 21:30 WrocÅaw, Construction site of the National Forum of Music September 11, 2001 in memoriam
Program: PaweÅ Åukaszewski (1968) â Lamentationes (world premiere of the work commissioned by Wratislavia Cantans)
September 16, 2011 Friday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 Krzanowski, Górecki, SzymaÅski
Performers: Ensemble of Singers from the City of Katowice Camerata Silesia Anna Szostak â conductor
Program: Henryk MikoÅaj Górecki (1933â2010) â Euntes ibant et flebant Andrzej Krzanowski (1951â1990) â Salve Regina PaweÅ SzymaÅski (1954) â In Paradisum deducant te angeli PaweÅ SzymaÅski â Miserere PaweÅ SzymaÅski â Phylakterion (world premiere of the work commissioned by Wratislavia Cantans)
September 18, 2011 Sunday at 19:00 WrocÅaw, Polish Catholic Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene, ul. Szewska 10 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy â Elijah
Performers: WrocÅaw Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort & Players Rosemary Joshua â soprano Ann Hallenberg â mezzo-soprano Robert Murray â tenor Florian Boesch â bass Paul McCreesh â conductor
Program: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809â1847) â Elijah op. 70
The International Festival Wratislavia Cantans reserves the right to make changes to the program.
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