Programme of the 46Th Edition of the International Festival

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

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

Beowulf – Benjamin Bagby

Benjamin Bagby – voice and anglo-saxon harp Programme: Beowulf

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

3.09.2011 Saturday 7:00 pm Wrocław, 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 pm Wrocław, 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 Sunday 7:00 pm Wrocław, 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 – voice Josep Cabre – voice Vincent Pislar – voice Wolodymyr Smishkewych – voice, organistrum Michael 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 churches Descendit 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 ambition Veneris 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 Day Annus renascitur (1v conductus) Novus annus hodie (3v conductus)

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

4.09.2011 Sunday 9:00 pm Piwnica Świdnicka

Sounds Delicious! Music and Feasting in Medieval Europe

The Orlando Consort: Matthew Venner – countertenor Mark Dobell – tenor Angus Smith – tenor Donald 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 Wednesday 7:00 pm Wrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Songs of Transience

Stile Antico: Helen Ashby – sopran Kate Ashby – sopran Rebecca Hickey – sopran Emma Ashby – alt Eleanor Harries – alt Carris Jones – alt Jim Clements – tenor Andrew Griffiths – tenor Benedict Hymas – tenor Will Dawes – bass Oliver Hunt – bass Matthew O’Donovan – bass

Programme: W. Cornysh – Woefully arrayed W. Byrd – Retire my soul M. Peerson – Man, dreame no more T. Campion – Never weather beat’n sail

R. Ramsey – How are the mighty fall’n J. McCabe – Woefully arrayed W. Byrd – Nunc dimittis T. Tallis – In pace J. Sheppard – Media Vita

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

7.09.2011 Wednesday 9:30 pm Wrocław, 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 1004 Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

8.09.2011 Thursday 7:00 pm Wrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

H. M. Górecki – Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

Ewa Vesin – soprano Pieter Wispelwey – cello Orchestra of the K. Szymanowski Philharmonic in Cracow Paweł 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 Thursday 9:30 pm Wrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Henning Kraggerud – violin recital

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

Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

9.09.2011 Friday 7:00 pm Wrocław, St Mary Magdalene Polish National Catholic Church, ul. Szewska 10

K. Penderecki – Symphony ‘Songs of Transience’

Iwona Hossa – soprano Agnieszka Rehlis – mezzosoprano Mariusz Godlewski – baritone

Wrocław Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Wrocław Philharmonic Choir Jacek Kaspszyk – conductor

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

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

9.09.2011 Friday 9:30 pm Wrocław, 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 Saturday 7:00 pm Wrocław, 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 – soprano Charlotte Mobbs – soprano Ruth Provost – soprano Rachel Redmond – soprano Katie Trethewey – soprano Kim Porter – alto Ruth Gibbins – alto Mark Chambers – alto David Allsopp – alto Christopher Watson – tenor Samuel Boden – tenor George Pooley – tenor Richard Rowntree – tenor William Townend – baritone Greg Skidmore – baritone William Gaunt – bass Jimmy Holliday – bass Paul 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 Saturday 9:00 pm Wrocław, Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, pl. Kościelny

Pieter Wispelwey – cello recital

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

Tickets: 150, 100, 80, 40 zł

11.09.2011 Sunday 3:00 & 5:00 pm Wrocław, 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, Hornpipe H. Purcell – Grounds in E minor and D minor J.C. Kerll – Toccata di durezze e ligature J.S. Bach – Suite in F minor BWV 823: Prelude, Sarabande, Gigue J.S. Bach – Three little preludes W.Fr. Bach – Three polonaises Tickets: 150, 100, 60 zł

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

Henning Kraggerud – viola Nicholas Daniel – oboe Festival Orchestra Paul McCreesh – conductor

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

Tickets: 200, 120, 80, 60 zł

11.09.2011 Sunday godz. 21:30 / 9:30 pm Wrocław, National Forum of Music construction site

Paweł Łukaszewski – Lamentationes

Wrocław Philharmonic Choir Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny – conductor Programme: P. Łukaszewski – Lamentationes (piece commissioned by Wratislavia Cantans – word premiere)

Tickets: 80, 40 zł

16.09.2011 Friday 7:00 pm Wrocław, 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 flebant A. Krzanowski – Salve Regina P. Szymański – In Paradisum, Miserere, Phylakterion (piece commissioned by Wratislavia Cantans – word premiere)

Tickets: 150, 120, 80, 60 zł

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.