Felix Mendelssohn first came to Duszniki in 1823. At the time, he gave concerts with a local orchestra, composed, and rested. What traces of the composer remain today in the small spa in southern Poland? We will be able to find out during the concerts and events of the upcoming 7th Felix Mendelssohn-Barthold International Chamber Music Festival. The festival has already managed to become part of the region's tradition. In 2022, after a gap of seven years, it reappeared in a new edition. The aim of the organisers - the Association of Artistic Initiatives 'Bridges of Culture' and the Duszniki Cultural Centre - is to present the composer's chamber works and to internationalise the Festival.
Stella Ala Luce Pontoriero – piano
Magdalena Ziarkowska-Kołacka – violin
Roberto Trainini – cello
Alfredo Casella:
Sonata for cello and piano Op. 8
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Variations for piano and cello op.17
Johannes Brahms:
Piano Trio in B flat major Op. 8
Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk – soprano
Anna Bernacka – mezzo-soprano
Monika Kruk – piano
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
Mieczysław Weinberg:
BIBLIA CYGAŃSKA Op. 57:
Gypsy Bible, Zydek, The May Apothecary, Two Winds, Blind Men
Szymon Laks:
Five songs: Happiness, Covenant, Prayer, Erratum, Everything
Witold Lutosławski:
Songs ‘The Late Nightingale’ and ‘About Mr. Tralaliński’
Mieczysław Wajnberg:
Stare List op.77: Zegary biją, Ballada starofrancuska, Walc starych panien, Ostatni List
Szymon Laks:
Dyzio Marzyciel, O Grzesiu kłamczuchu, Staruszkowie
'Journey of the Soul'
Vojtěch Semerád – tenor, baroque violin
Maximilian Ehrhardt – baroque harp
Julia Karpeta – Viola da gamba
Vojtěch Semerád – tenor, baroque violin
Maximilian Ehrhardt – baroque harp
Julia Karpeta – Viola da gamba
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
Anonimo/Orazio dell’Arpa:
„Nína Nanna al Bambino Gesù” (napolitana)
Sephardic music:
Yo Era Nina De Casa Alta
(Los Estrellas De Los Cielos)
Spanish/Portuguese sephardic music:
Adon Olam
Ascanio Maione:
Toccata quinta per il cimbalo solo
Anonimo/Francisco Soto de Langa?:
Amor senza misura
August Kuhnel:
Aria Herr Jesu Christ, du Höchstes Gut
Anonimo:
Ciaccona di Paradiso e dell’Inferno
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber:
Sonata III Aria e Varatio
Fernandes:
No haya más dulce alegría
Stefano Landi?/Anonimo:
Homo fugit velut umbra
(Passacaglis della Vita)
Wacław z Szamotuł:
Już się zmierzcha / It's already twilight
Arvo Pärt:
My Heart is in the Highlands
Mateusz Żurawski – oboe
Alicja Kieruzalska – bassoon
Jan Krzeszowiec – flute
Maciej Dobosz – clarinet
Mateusz Feliński – French horn
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Scherzo from ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
Saltarello Romano op. 6 nr 4
Irène Wieniawska vel Poldowski:
Suite miniature de chansons à danser
Felix Mendelssohn:
Quartet in E flat major No. 3 op. 44 (in an arrangement for wind quintet by D. Walter)
Katarzyna Drogosz – historical piano
Sulamita Ślubowska – violin
Krzysztof Karpeta – cello
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
Repertoire performed on instruments from the composer's period.
Carl Friedrich Zelter:
Sonata in F major for harpsichord or piano
(Allegro non molto - Andante aff etuoso - Vivo)
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
Adagio for violin and piano
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Song without Words Op. 109 for cello and piano
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel:
Trio in D minor for violin, cello and piano op. 11
(Allegro molto vivace - Andante espressivo - Lied. Allegretto - Finale. Allegro moderato)
Anika Paulick – soprano
Szymon Komasa – baritone
Sonia Achkar – piano
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
Franz Liszt:
Freudvoll und leidvoll S 280
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Des Mädchens Klage WoO 23
Andres Maienlied (Hexenlied), op. 8, nr 8
Franz Liszt:
Der Fischerknabe S. 292b
Die Loreley S. 237/2 6:30
Im Rhein im schönen Strome S. 272
Robert Schumann:
Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart op. 135
o Abschied von Frankreich
o Nach der Geburt ihres Sohnes
o An die Königin Elisabeth
o Abschied von der Welt
o Gebet
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Schilfl ied Op.71, Nr 4
Julius Wertheim:
4 piesni op. 10
St. Niewiadomski:
Indele and Mendele
Stefan Kisielewski:
Bakhchisaray at night
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy:
Fruhlingslied Op.34 nr 3
Das Fenster Op.86 nr1
Wenn sich zwei herzen scheiden Op.99 nr 5
L. Lewandowski:
Mi Adir
Viktor Ullmann:
Liederbuch des Hafi s
Witold Rudzinski:
Three Old Hebrew Songs
Alfred Gradstein:
Winter Evening (Pushkin in Tuwim's translation)
Piotr Perkowski:
Ptaszek ( Pushkin in the translation by Tuwim)
Otto Zweig:
Jeder nach seiner Art op. 5
(z „Pieśni wędrownego czeladnika”)
Moderator: Izabella Starzec
Panel discussion with the participation of Prof. Dr. Peter Oliver Loewe – director of the German Institute of Polish Affairs in Darmstadt.
ZAGAN ACOUSTIC
Joachim Łuczak – violin
Andrzej Wojciechowski – clarinet
Paweł Zagańczyk – accordion
Jarosław Stokowski – double bass
In the programme works inspired by klezmer, folk and jazz music.
POLISH CELLO QUARTET
Tomasz Daroch – cello
Krzysztof Karpeta – cello
Adam Krzeszowiec – cello
Wojciech Fudala – cello
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
„CHOPIN PROJECT”
Fryderyk Chopin:
Mazurka in F major WN 25 (arranged by S. Meck)
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4 (arranged by P. Moss)
Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1 (arranged by S. Meck)
Prelude in E minor Op. 28 No. 4 (arranged by S. Meck)
Prelude in B minor Op. 28 No. 6 (arranged by S. Meck)
Prelude in G sharp minor Op. 28 No. 12 (arranged by L. Kołodziejski)
Prelude in C minor Op. 28 No. 20 (arranged by P. Moss)
Prelude in D flat major Op. 28 No. 15 ‘Rainy’ (arranged by S. Meck)
Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 ‘Minute Waltz’ (arranged by P. Moss)
Lento con gran espressione [Nocturne] in C sharp minor WN 37 (arranged by S. Meck)
Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2 (arranged by S. Meck)
Étude in C sharp minor Op. 25 No. 7 (arranged by L. Kołodziejski)
Waltz in B minor, Op. 19 (arranged by L. Kołodziejski)
Nocturne in E flat major Op. 9 No. 2 (arranged by P. Moss)
Waltz in E flat major Op. 18 ‘Grande Valse Brillante’ (arranged by S. Meck)
The concert from the series “With Classics Through Poland”, organised in cooperation with the National Institute of Music and Dance, was co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk – soprano
Anna Bernacka – mezzo-soprano
Monika Kruk – piano
Announcer: Izabella Starzec
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
6 Einfache Lieder op. 9
Schneeglöckchen, Nachtwanderer, Ständchen, Liebesbriefchen, Das Heldenarab am Pruth, Sommer
Szymon Laks:
5 songs to words by Julian Tuwim
Szczęście / Happiness
Przymierze / Covenant
Modlitwa / Prayer
Erratum / Erratum
Wszystko / Everything
Richard Strauss:
5 Kleine Lieder op. 69
Der Stern, Der Pokal, Einerlei, Waldesfahrt, Schlechtes Wetter
Antonin Dvořák:
Gypsy Melodies Op.55
Má píseň zas mi láskou zní / My song of love rings through the dusk
Aj ! Kterak trojhranec můj přerozkošně zní / Hey ! Ring out, my triangle
A les je tichý kolem kol / All round about the woods are still
Když mne stará matka / When my mother taught me
Struna naladěna / Come and join the dancing
Široké rukávy / Wide the sleeves and trousers
Dejte klec jestřábu / Give a hawk a fine cage