MIDAM INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS THE GREAT MUSIC TOUR TO WARSAW & KRAKOW FRIDAY, JUNE 18 - SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021 FEATURING THE PAN-EUROPEAN PHILHARMONIA & WORLD-CLASS SOLOISTS HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Warsaw ALL SAINTS CHURCH, Warsaw MONDAY, JUNE 21 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 Openings for three distinguished guest conductors and their 60-voice choirs to perform Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem, and Rutter’s Requiem at the Holy Cross Church on June 21, followed on June 23 by a concert conducted by Peter Tiboris at All Saints Church featuring all visiting choirs. ST. MARY’S BASILICA, Krakow THURSDAY, JUNE 24 Featuring 20-minute solo a cappella performances in St. Mary’s Basilica scheduled for visiting choirs under their own conductors. Specially designed tours and events included, all with licensed guides. Subject to change without notice. For more information, contact Eric Spiegel, Director of Program Development, at PETER TIBORIS, GENERAL MUSIC DIRECTOR (212) 239-0205 ext. 201 or at [email protected]. 37 years, since 1983 www.midamerica-music.com PER-PERSON REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 15, 2020 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. 2 3 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. THE 2021 WARSAW & KRAKOW MUSIC TOUR Registration Deadline: November 15, 2020 Performances in Holy Cross Church and All Saints Church in Warsaw On Monday, June 21 and Wednesday, June 23 Seeking FOUR guest conductors to lead choirs of 60-80 voices in oratorios with the Pan-European Philharmonia of Warsaw Recommended Repertoire: Fauré: Requiem Forrest: Requiem for the Living Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna Mozart: Mass in C, K. 317 Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339 Rutter: Gloria/Te Deum Rutter: Magnificat Rutter: Requiem Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G Major Other repertoire suggestions can be submitted for consideration. Finale Gala Concert Featuring all of the visiting choirs Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626 with orchestra and world-class soloists Peter Tiboris, conductor Pan-European Philharmonia of Warsaw Peter Tiboris, Music Director Jakub Fiebig, Executive Manager World-class soloists An additional a cappella sacred music concert featuring visiting choirs Thursday, June 24, St. Mary’s Basilica, Krakow A minimum of three groups must agree to perform for this concert to go forward. 4 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. Warsaw & Krakow, June 2021 Itinerary Day 1 – Friday, June 18, 2021 - Warsaw • Arrive in Warsaw. MidAm International, Inc. staff and Columbus Welcome Management staff meet you at the airport and transfer you to MERCURE WARSZAWA GRAND HOTEL(https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3384-hotel-mercure-warszawa- grand/index.shtml) for check-in. Mercure Warszawa Grand Hotel • 6 PM - 7 PM: Opening night in hotel restaurant with Peter Tiboris, Guest Conductors, Directors, and MidAm Staff. Introductions. Review of day-by-day schedule. Questions and answers. Order food and drinks on your own. Day 2 – Saturday, June 19, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • 9:30 AM - 12 PM: Rehearsal with piano in hotel ballroom. • 12:30 PM: lunch on own. • 2 PM – 6 PM: First Tour: A guided general tour of the city; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included. First Tour: Panoramic city-sightseeing includes the most interesting and important tourist attractions of the city: The Royal Route with superb aristocratic residences, churches and famous monuments, Presidential Palace, statue of Copernicus, Holy Cross Church (interment site of the heart of Fryderyk Chopin), Warsaw University, Old Town (UNESCO World Heritage Site with Royal Castle), St. John’s Cathedral Market Square, Barbican, New Town with monument of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, former Jewish Ghetto area with Memorial to the Heroes of the Ghetto Uprising, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. If time permits, visit of the interiors of the Royal Castle. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.) 5 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. Old Town with Royal Castle Royal Route – Krakowskie Przedmieście Street Royal Route – St. Anna’s Church Barbican • 6:30 PM: Bus transfer back to hotel. • Evening free. Day 3 – Sunday, June 20, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • 9:30 AM - 12 PM: Rehearsal with piano in hotel ballroom. • Lunch on own. • 2 PM - 6 PM: Second Tour: City walking tour: Chopin museum, Royal Lazienki Park; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included. Second Tour: Visit to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw located in the Ostrogski Palace. The mission of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum is to cultivate the memory of the great composer and to make information about his life and work available to a wide audience. The purpose of the Museum is to collect and transfer knowledge as well as to deliver a high quality artistic experience; the choice will depend on each individual viewer. Innovative forms of exploration will be based on interaction with the audience and the immediate response to the individual needs of visitors. We will then walk through the Royal Lazienki Park (also called as "Royal Baths” Park) with the open-air concert of Chopin's music at Chopin's Monument. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.) Chopin Monument • 6:30 PM: Bus transfer back to hotel. • Evening free. 6 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. Day 4 – Monday, June 21, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • Morning free and lunch on own. • 2 PM: General rehearsal in Holy Cross Church with orchestra and soloists. • Dinner on own. • PERFORMANCE at 8 PM in Holy Cross Church conducted by visiting Guest Conductors and their 60-voice choirs (subject to confirmation by the church council). Holy Cross Church Day 5 – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 - Warsaw • Breakfast • 9:30 AM-12 PM: Rehearsal with piano in hotel ballroom featuring all the choirs together for Mozart’s Requiem with Peter Tiboris. • 2 PM-6:00 PM: Third Tour: Walking tour: Chopin’s birthplace in Zelazowa Wola; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included. Third Tour: For this afternoon was planed the visit to the Fryderyk Chopin's birthplace in Zelazowa Wola. The Chopin family left for Warsaw in the autumn of 1810, but even so Żelazowa Wola clearly held fond memories for the family. Close friends with the Skarbek family, the owners of the property, the Chopins found themselves returning frequently for their holidays. The ZW manor outbuilding was where Chopin was born and is thought to have been built at the tail end of the 18th century. The newly renovated Museum celebrates both the historical birthplace of the lauded composer and pays tribute to the dramatic history of the very museum itself. Half of the house is filled with early 19th century keepsakes, instruments, and paintings, and many visitors attest to the haunting spirit of Chopin that lingers throughout. Another part of the house is decorated in pre-war 20th century decor and traces the transformation of the outbuildings into a world-class museum. Outside the impressively landscaped bucolic garden makes for a nice weekend walk, and feature four Chopin monuments including one obelisk dating from 1894. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management.) • Return to hotel by private coach • Evening free Day 6 – Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - Warsaw Żelazowa Wola: Birthplace of Chopin • Breakfast • Morning free and lunch on own. • 2 PM: General rehearsal for Mozart’s Requiem in All Saints Church with orchestra and soloists. • Dinner on own. • PERFORMANCE at 8 PM in All Saints Church: Peter Tiboris conducts Mozart’s Requiem (subject to confirmation by the church council). 7 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. All Saints Church, Warsaw Day 7 – Thursday, June 24, 2021 – Warsaw to Krakow • Breakfast at MERCURE WARSZAWA GRAND HOTEL in Warsaw. • Check-out. • 7 AM: Private coach transfer from Warsaw to Krakow. • 12 PM: Arrive NOVOTEL KRAKOW CENTRUM (https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-3372-novotel-krakow- centrum/index.shtml) for check-in. Novotel Krakow Centrum • Lunch on own in hotel area. • 1 PM-3 PM: Fourth Tour: Krakow walking tour including St. Mary’s Basilica; entrance fee, bus, professional guide, personal broadcast microphones, and hearing devices all included. Fourth Tour: This walking tour in Krakow will pass by Wawel Hill with the Royal Castle, Main Market Square, and the famous St. Mary’s Basilica and Cloth Hall. Built in the 14th century, St. Mary’s Basilica’s foundations date back to the early 13th century and serve as one of the best examples of Polish Gothic architecture. Standing 80 m (262 ft) tall, it is particularly famous for its wooden altarpiece carved by Veit Stoss. On Krakow Main Square 8 Subject to change without notice. Published October 15, 2019; please disregard all previous versions. every hour, a trumpet signal (called the Hejnał mariacki) is played from the top of the taller of Saint Mary's two towers. The plaintive tune breaks off in mid-stream, to commemorate the famous 13th century trumpeter, who was shot in the throat while sounding the alarm before the Mongol attack on the city. The noon-time hejnał is heard across Poland and abroad broadcast live by the Polish national Radio 1 Station. Saint Mary's Church also served as an architectural model for many of the churches that were built by the Polish diaspora abroad, particularly those like Saint Michael's and Saint John Cantius in Chicago, designed in the Polish Cathedral style. (Tour descriptions courtesy of Warsaw’s Columbus Management and Wikipedia.) Krakow Wawel Castle • 3 PM – 4 PM: Acoustic check in St.