Events for November 20 - November 17

Skalpel: Kohelet – Illuminations

Mała Warszawa Otwocka 14, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Illuminating works from ancient centuries like modern illumination of Gothic cathedrals at night. Such was the task undertaken by the Skalpel duo, which took on the works performed by Adam Strug and the Monodia Polska…

Bastarda: Beyond the Present

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum, Sala Wielka plac Zamkowy 4, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Religious music from the 15th and 16th centuries. This is the program of the Bastard ensemble's concert. In addition to contemporary interpretations of compositions by Peter of Grudziądz - one of the most prominent composers of the era - we will hear musical material from the Wroclaw cancionale by Valentin Triller, which the ensemble prepared at the special request of the National Cultural Center.

Heroines of Polish music

POLIN Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich Mordechaja Anielewicza 6, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Composer, pedagogue, conductor, but also director of cultural institutions, politician, in 1997-1999 Minister of Culture and Arts. Joanna Wnuk-Nazarova is celebrating her 75th anniversary this year. The concert dedicated to her is a pretext to…

C. Marti & M. Gondko: Fantasiae, Cantiones et Coreae

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum, Sala Wielka plac Zamkowy 4, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Lute and harpsichord - is there anything more evocative of early music? In the repertoire of the concert pearls of Polish Renaissance music, presented in their instrumental versions. Compositions that in the 16th century were…

Venceslao, re di Polonia

Filharmonia Narodowa, Sala Koncertowa Jasna 5, Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland

In 1725, a five-act opera by Venetian composer Antonio Caldara with a libretto by Apostolo Zeno was premiered at the imperial court in Vienna. Venceslao re di Polonia disappeared from the stage immediately afterwards. Martyna…

The Sixteen: Heavenly harmonies

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum, Sala Wielka plac Zamkowy 4, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

The surviving works of composers active in the centers of 16th- and 17th-century Poland are primarily religious works. They were performed during liturgies held with Polish kings in Cracow's Wawel Cathedral and Warsaw's Collegiate Church…

Solamente Naturali: Musica Globus

Zamek Królewski w Warszawie – Muzeum, Sala Wielka plac Zamkowy 4, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

Solamente Naturali's Musica globus program weaves the story of Geor Philipp Teleman's stay in Upper Silesia at the court of Count Promnitz. The visit inspired the composer to combine music composed for the court with…

The Sixteen: Heavenly harmonies

NOSPR plac Wojciecha Kilara 1, Katowice, Poland

The surviving works of composers active in the centers of 16th- and 17th-century Poland are primarily religious works. They were performed during liturgies held with Polish kings in Cracow's Wawel Cathedral and Warsaw's Collegiate Church…

La Tempête: Nocturne

Kościół Wszystkich Świętych plac Grzybowski 3/5, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

From Darkness to Light. Steeped in thousands of years of Orthodox tradition, Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All-Night Vigil" was written in 1915, against the backdrop of political turmoil in the composer's home country and the beginning of…

Dobrawa Czocher & Guests

Mała Warszawa Otwocka 14, Warszawa, mazowieckie, Poland

She combines excellent cello technique with unlimited imagination and expression. Dobrawa Czocher - cellist, composer, graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. In 2023,…