The Second Świętokrzyskie Days of Early Music named after Vincent of Kielce

16 concerts in the most beautiful monuments of the Świętokrzyskie region: from Kielce Cathedral with the former Palace of the Bishops of Cracow, through Wiślica, Wąchock, Cistercian Jędrzejów, to the Abbey of the Holy Cross.

Open-air performance with baroque ballet buffo at the Busk spa Academy of Early Music in the post-Bernardine monastery on Karczówka

Outstanding performers and pedagogues: Aline Zylberajch and Martin Gester, Bolette Roed and Marek Toporowski, Piotr Olech, Robert Bachara and Jaan-EikTulve

Outstanding ensembles: the Arte Dei Suonatori orchestra, The Hartig Ensemble from Prague, the Vox Clamantis schola from Tallinn. Young talents and musicians from Kielce.

Alongside well-known masterpieces of early music, such as the Te Deum of M-A. Charpentier or Bach's triple harpsichord concertos, we also heard Monteverdi's opera Ballo delle ingrate, music from the British Isles played on harpsichord, virginal and pianoforte, Haydn's songs for countertenor and pianoforte. Finally, we reached out to Gregorian chant and medieval polyphony in dialogue with Arvo Pärt's close contemporary work.

PROGRAMME FOR THE 2021 EDITION

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29 August 2021 at 7pmCathedral Basilica in Kielce - PROLOGUE
Robert Bachara - violon
Klaudia Łoboda - clavecin
Schola Cantorum Kielcensis
Programme : H. I. F. von Biber, J. H. Schmelzer, F. Rognoni, J. S. Bach
10 September 2021 at 7pmFormer Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce
The Hartig Ensemble - Baroque Ballet from Prague
Programme: Claudio Monteverdi - Il Ballo delle ingrate The Immortal Harlequin
11 September 2021 at 11pmOpen-air concert in the area of Tężnia Busko-Zdrój
The Hartig Ensemble - Baroque Ballet from Prague
Programme: Immortal Harlequin
Young talents - pupils and students of music schools
11 September 2021 at 7pmHoly Trinity Church in Kielce
Aline Zylberajch-Gester - harpsichord and pianoforte
Piotr Olech - countertenor
Programme: Lambert, Monteclair, Couperin, Haydn.
12 September 2021 at 7pmCathedral Basilica in Kielce
Schola Vox Clamantis - Estonia conducted by Jaan-Eik Tulve
Programme: Gregorian chant, 13th century sacred polyphony and works by Arvo Pärt
13 September 2021 at 6.30pmAcademia Kielcensis concerts
Programme: Chamber music and solo works of the 17th and 18th centuries
6:30 p.m. - Karczówka Monastery in Kielce
6:30 p.m. - Church in Tarczek
14 September 2021 at 6.30pmAcademia Kielcensis concerts
Programme: Chamber music and solo works of the 17th and 18th centuries
6:30 p.m. - Collegiate Church in Wiślica
7 p.m. - Cistercian Abbey in Wąchock
15 September 2021 at 6.30pmAcademia Kielcensis concerts
Programme: Chamber music and solo works of the 17th and 18th centuries
6:30 p.m. - Monastery of the Holy Cross
16 September 2021 at 6.30pmAcademia Kielcensis concerts
Programme: Chamber music and solo works of the 17th and 18th centuries
. 18:30 - Cistercian Abbey in Jędrzejów
16 September 2021 at 5pmConcert hall of the Music School Complex in Kielce
Paulina Kruk - flute, Emilia Ogonowska-Jaroń - oboe,
Edyta Piwowarczyk - piano, Katarzyna
Sroka - harpsichord, Mariusz Bednarz - singing,
Maciej Jaroń - viola,
Grzegorz Kustra - oboe, Jarosław Wanecki - flute,
Paweł Wróbel - organ.
Programme: Baroque music
September 2021 at 6pmFormer Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce
Arte dei Suonatori Orchestra
Aline Zylberajch-Gester - harpsichord
Martin Gester - harpsichord conductor
Marek Toporowski - harpsichord
Marta Gawlas - traverse flute
Programme: J. S. Bach
- Concerto in C major BWV 1064 for three harpsichords and orchestra
- Suite in B minor BWV 1067 for orchestra with concertante flute
- Concerto in D minor BWV 1063 for three harpsichords and orchestra
18 September 2021 at 6pmFormer Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce
Arte dei Suonatori Orchestra
Joanna Kreft - violin
Maciej Łukaszuk - cello
Conductor Martin Gester
Programme: Orchestral works by composers such as: Handel, Locatelli, Leclair and C. Ph. E. Bach.
19 September 2021 at 3pmFormer Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce
Marek Toporowski - Baroque keyboard instruments: harpsichord, virginal, pianoforte Programme: Music from the British Isles.
19 September 2021 at 5pmFormer Cracow Bishops' Palace in Kielce
Arte dei Suonatori Orchestra
Orchestra of the Kielce Academy
Academic Choir of the Kielce University of Technology
Schola Cantorum Kielcensis
Soloists:
Renata Drozd - soprano
Zuzanna Kozłowska - soprano II
Piotr Olech - countertenor
Bartłomiej Chorąży - tenor
Przemysław Józef Bałka - bass
dir. Martin Gester
Choral Admission: Małgorzata Banasińska-Barszcz
Programme: M.-A. Charpentier - Te Deum
M.-A. Charpentier - Notus in Judea
21 October 2021 at 3pmUJK University Library in Kielce
Scientific conference: Wincenty of Kielce. Epoch and legacy.
Conducted by: Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Bracha
Concert Schola Cantorum Kielcensis
Programme: Monody and polyphony of the Polish Middle Ages and Renaissance.