Programme of the 46th edition of the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans

2/3.09.2011 Friday 12:00 pmWrocław, Wrocław Philharmonic Concert Hall, ul. Piłsudskiego 19

Beowulf – Benjamin Bagby

Benjamin Bagby – voice and anglo-saxon harpProgramme:Beowulf

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

3.09.2011 Saturday7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

All the Ends of the Earth. Parisian Organum c.1200

Performers:

The Orlando Consort:

Matthew Venner countertenor

Mark Dobell tenor

Angus Smith tenor

Donald Greig baritone

Choirs of Singing Poland

Programme:

Gaudens gaudebo in Domino (Plainchant)

Kyrie – Christe redemptor (Winchester Troper)

Christus resurgens v. Dicant nunc (Notre Dame)

Beata viscera Marie virginis (Perotin)

Lux

refulget (Aquitanian polyphony)

Alleluia v. Assumpta est Maria (Notre Dame)

Gaude virgo gloriosa (Aquitaine)

Vetus abit littera (Notre Dame)

Alleluia v. Posui adiutorium (Perotin)

Procedenti puero (Notre Dame)

Viderunt omnes (Perotin)

Conditor alme siderum (Plainchant)

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

3.09.2011 Saturday 9:00 pmWrocław, SS Stanislaus, Dorothy, and Wenceslas Church, pl. Wolności 3

Ludus Danielis

Schola of the Węgajty Theatre

Programme:Ludus Danielis – liturgical drama Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

4.09.2011 Sunday7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

Voices from the Island Sanctuary: Ecclesiastical Singers in Paris (1180–1230)

Sequentia:Benjamin Bagby – voice, harp, artistic director Justin Bonnet – voiceJosep Cabre – voiceVincent Pislar – voiceWolodymyr Smishkewych – voice, organistrumMichael Loughton Smith – voice

P. de Chancelier (d. 1236) Ave gloriosa virginum regina (1v sequentia)

Passionate young urban males

Aurelianis civitas (1v conductus)

O varium fortune lubricum (2v conductus)Curritur ad vocem nummi (3v conductus)Anglia planctus itera (1v conductus/planctus)Bulla fulminate (3v conductus trope)

New sounds in Parisian churchesDescendit de celis (2v organum on responsory chant) (Paris, Notre Dame, ca. 1200)P. de Chancelier Minor natu filius (1v conductus)Zima vetus expurgetur (1v sequence) (Paris, St. Victor, mid- 12th century)

Eros and ambitionVeneris prosperis (2v conductus)Vitam duxi (1v conductus)Procurans odium (3v conductus)P. de Blois (d. 1212) Olim sudar Herculis (1v sequence, with refrain)

New Year’s DayAnnus renascitur (1v conductus)Novus annus hodie (3v conductus)

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

4.09.2011 Sunday9:00 pmPiwnica Świdnicka

Sounds Delicious! Music and Feasting in Medieval Europe

The Orlando Consort:Matthew Venner – countertenorMark Dobell – tenorAngus Smith – tenorDonald Greig – baritone

France, c.1220-1363

In paupertatis predio (Anon, Notre Dame de Paris)Chançonette / Ainc voir / A la cheminée / Par verité (Anon, Montpelier Codex)Prenés l’abre / Hé resveille toi Robin (Adam de la Halle)Nes que on porroit (Guillaume de Machaut)

England, c.1330-c.1450

Apparuerunt apostolis v. Spiritus Domini (Anon, Fountains Abbey 1st Ms.)Nowell, nowell: The boarës head (Richard Smert)Si quis amat (Anon)

Burgundy, 1426-c.1490

Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoy (Guillaume Dufay)Un franc archier (Loyset Compère)Sile fragor (Loyset Compère)La plus grant chière (Anon)

Italy, c.1450-c.1490

Canto de cardoni (Anon, Florentine Carnival Song)Donna di dentro / Dammene un poco (Heinrich Isaac)Canto di donne maestre di far cacio (Anon, Florentine Carnival Song)

Tickets: TBA

7.09.2011 Wednesday7:00 pmWrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Songs of Transience

Stile Antico:Helen Ashby – sopranKate Ashby – sopranRebecca Hickey – sopranEmma Ashby – altEleanor Harries – altCarris Jones – altJim Clements – tenorAndrew Griffiths – tenorBenedict Hymas – tenorWill Dawes – bassOliver Hunt – bassMatthew O’Donovan – bass

Programme:W. Cornysh – Woefully arrayedW. Byrd – Retire my soulM. Peerson – Man, dreame no more

T. Campion – Never weather beat’n sail

R. Ramsey – How are the mighty fall’nJ. McCabe – Woefully arrayedW. Byrd – Nunc dimittisT. Tallis – In paceJ. Sheppard – Media Vita

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

7.09.2011 Wednesday9:30 pmWrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Rachel Podger – violin recital

Programme:J.S. Bach – Sonata no. 2 in A minor BWV 1003 H.I.F. von Biber – Passacaglia in G minor J.S. Bach – Partita no. 2 in D minor BWV 1004Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

8.09.2011 Thursday7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

H. M. Górecki – Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Ewa Vesin – soprano Pieter Wispelwey – celloOrchestra of the K. Szymanowski Philharmonic in CracowPaweł Przytocki – conductor

Programme:K. Penderecki – De profundis for string orchestra W. Lutosławski – Grave for cello and string orchestra H. M. Górecki – Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 ’Sorrowful Songs’

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

8.09.2011 Thursday9:30 pm

Wrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Henning Kraggerud – violin recital

Programme: E. Ysaÿe Sonata No.1 in G minorSonata No.2 in A minorSonata No.3 in D minorSonata No.4 in E minorSonata No.5 in G majorSonata No.6 in E major

Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

9.09.2011 Friday7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

K. Penderecki – Symphony ‘Songs of Transience’

Iwona Hossa – sopranoAgnieszka Rehlis – mezzosopranoMariusz Godlewski – baritone

Wrocław Philharmonic Symphony OrchestraWrocław Philharmonic ChoirJacek Kaspszyk – conductor

Programme:K. Penderecki – Symphony no. 8 ‘Songs of Transience’

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

9.09.2011 Friday9:30 pmWrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Nicholas Daniel – recital (oboe, corno inglese)

Nicholas Daniel – oboe, corno inglese

Programme:

R.

Wagner – Solo for cor anglais from “Tristan and Isolde” (act 3)

C.Ph.E. Bach – Sonata in A Minor (arranged for oboe) H.562, Wq 132

J.G. del Valle Méndez – Blue Water Dark Sky for oboe and tape

G.Ph. Telemann – Fantasia No. 10 in F# minor for flute (arranged for oboe)

B. Britten – 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid for oboe solo, Op. 49

M. Marais – Les Folies d'Espagne No. 20 in D Minor

Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

10.09.2011 Saturday7:00 pmWrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Songs of Farewell – music of mourning and consolation

Gabrieli Consort:Alicia Carroll – soprano Susan Hemington Jones – sopranoCharlotte Mobbs – sopranoRuth Provost – sopranoRachel Redmond – sopranoKatie Trethewey – sopranoKim Porter – alto Ruth Gibbins – altoMark Chambers – altoDavid Allsopp – altoChristopher Watson – tenorSamuel Boden – tenorGeorge Pooley – tenorRichard Rowntree – tenor William Townend – baritoneGreg Skidmore – baritoneWilliam Gaunt – bassJimmy Holliday – bassPaul McCreesh – conductor

Programme:O Gibbons – Drop, drop slow tears W. Walton – A Litany

R. White – Christe qui lux es et dies I J. MacMillan – A child's prayer J. Sheppard – In manus tuas J. Dove – Into thy hands

T. Morley – Funeral Sentences E. Elgar – They are at rest H. Howells – Requiem C. Hubert H. Parry – Lord, let me know mine end (Songs of Farewell)

Tickets: 150, 100, 80, 40 zł

10.09.2011 Saturday9:00 pmWrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Pieter Wispelwey – cello recital

Programme:B. Britten – Cello Suite No. 1 Op. 72Cello Suite No. 2 Op. 80Cello Suite No. 3 Op. 87

Tickets: 150, 100, 80, 40 zł

11.09.2011 Sunday3:00 & 5:00 pmWrocław, Pan Tadeusz Museum, Rynek 6

Gustav Leonhardt – harpsichord recital

Programme:

T. Tomkins – A sad Pavan for these distracted times J.J. Froberger – Suite in C major (Lamento on the death of Ferdinand IV: Gigue, Courant, Sarabande)J.J. Froberger – Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher L. Couperin – Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher J.H. d’Anglebert – Prélude non-mesuré in D minor J.C.F. Fischer – Chaconne in A minor H. Purcell – Suite in D minor: Prelude, Almand, HornpipeH. Purcell – Grounds in E minor and D minor

J.C. Kerll – Toccata di durezze e ligatureJ.S. Bach – Suite in F minor BWV 823: Prelude, Sarabande, GigueJ.S. Bach – Three little preludesW.Fr. Bach – Three polonaises Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

11.09.2011 Sunday7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

Concerts in memory of the tragic events on 11th of September 2001 in New York City

Henning Kraggerud – violaNicholas Daniel – oboe Festival OrchestraPaul McCreesh – conductor

Programme:H. Howells – Elegy for Viola and Strings R. Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a theme by Thomas TallisS. Barber - Canzonetta for oboe and stringsE. Elgar – Symphony no. 1

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

11.09.2011 Sundaygodz. 21:30 / 9:30 pmWrocław, National Forum of Music construction site

Paweł Łukaszewski – Lamentationes

Wrocław Philharmonic ChoirAgnieszka Franków-Żelazny – conductorProgramme: P. Łukaszewski – Lamentationes (piece commissioned by Wratislavia Cantans – word premiere)

Tickets: 80, 40 zł

16.09.2011 Friday

7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

H. M. Górecki, A. Krzanowski, P. Szymański

The Katowice City Singers’ Ensemble Camerata Silesia

Programme:H. M. Górecki – Euntes ibant et flebantA. Krzanowski – Salve Regina P. Szymański – In Paradisum, Miserere, Phylakterion (piece commissioned by Wratislavia Cantans – word premiere)

Tickets: 150, 120, 80, 60 zł

18.09.2011 Sunday7:00 pmWrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy –Elijah

Wrocław Philharmonic Choir

Gabrieli Consort & Players

Rosemary Joshua – soprano

Ann Hallenberg –mezzo-soprano

Robert Murray – tenor

Florian Boesch – bass

Paul McCreesh – conductor

Tickets: 250, 150, 120, 80 zł

4–11 September – concerts in Lower Silesia:Stile Antico, Rachel Podger, Gustav Leonhardt, Henning Kraggerud, Schola Teatru Węgajty, Pieter Wispelwey, Wrocław Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum

International Festival Wratislavia Cantans Rynek 7, 50-106 Wrocław

www.wratislaviacantans.pl

International Wratislavia Cantans Festival reserves the right to make changes in the program presented.