Programme:
J. Różycki: Magnificat
J. Różycki: Ave sanctissima Maria
M. Mielczewski: Canzona seconda a due
M. Mielczewski: Veni Domine
B. Pękiel: Magnum nomen Domini
B. Pękiel: Resonet in laudibus
G. Gorczycki: Illuxit sol iustitia
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G. Gorczycki: Laetatus sum
S. Szarzyński: Sonata
G. Gorczycki: Completorium
Cum invocarem
In te, Domine, speravi
Qui habitat
Ecce nunc benedicte
Te Iucis ante terminum
In manus tuas
Nunc dimittis

The Wrocław Baroque Ensemble, which specialises in historically informed performance, brings together outstanding musicians and singers from Poland, CzechRepublic, the United Kingdom and Germany. Founded in 2012, the ensemble focuses on the exploration of less well known repertoire from central Europe and devotes particular attention to Polish music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. It boasts an impressive catalogue of recordings, including many award-winning albums. The Royal Castle in Warsaw and the Royal Cathedral in Cracow have for centuries been places of immeasurable importance for Poland: in them the fate of the Polish nation was decided and the country’s political, national and cultural identity shaped. From the sixteenth century to the eighteenth, the Royal Castle was the seat of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Around the middle of this period, in the seventeenth century, music was composed for the two institutions by Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Bartłomiej Pękiel, Marcin Mielczewski and Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński.
The Wrocław Baroque Ensemble performs regularly in Poland and is also a frequent guest at international festivals. Andrzej Kosendiak is the director of the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music in Wrocław, a distinguished educator and one of the most active promoters of musical life in Poland. As a conductor he works regularly with philharmonic orchestras from all over Poland and the most important ensembles in Wrocław and has toured Europe, the USA and China.