The 25th "Iubilaei Cantus" Music Festival – the event initiated in 1995 on the occasion of granting city rights to the city of Nowy Sącz on 8 November – will be held between 2 and 9 November 2019 in Nowy Sącz. Events related to the life and work of Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, Piotr Skarga, Fryderyk Chopin and many others will find their place in the November celebrations.
The festival will be inaugurated on Friday 2 November at 4 p.m. by the "Night of sounds" – a musical venture on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Primary and Secondary Fryderyk Chopin State Music School in Nowy Sącz. During the evening, the audience will be able to decide for themselves what music they want to listen to at a given moment, because the concerts will take place in various spaces of the SOKÓŁ Lesser Poland Cultural Centre and in the Saint Casimir Church. The programme will include compositions by Fryderyk Chopin and Andrzej Cwojdziński.
The Thanksgiving Mass, written by Paweł Muzyka on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining independence, will be performed on 8 November at 7:15 p.m. in the Saint Margaret of Antioch Basicila. The premiere of the work took place on 11 November 2018 at the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw. The composition, according to the composer, "arose from the need of the heart and the desire to speak in sounds, as in words, on the side of values related to faith, which gave Poles the strength to fight for freedom and spiritual support." It will be performed by the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, the Górecki Choir Chamber and the Dominanta Choir of the Cracow University of Economics conducted by Tomasz Tokarczyk together with soloists: Katarzyna Oleś Blacha – soprano, Monika Korybalska – mezzo-soprano, Tomasz Krzysica – tenor, Robert Gierlach – bass, Ryszard Cieśla – actor. Production: Institute for the Promotion of Polish Culture in Krakow.
The Festival will also feature recitals of young piano duets, the 10th anniversary concert of the VERAICON Choir of the Sanctuary of the Transfiguration in Nowy Sącz with the guest participation of the CANTICUM IUBILAEUM Mixed Choir of the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Limanowa, as well as the improvised spiritual session Dziady performed by Piotr Orzechowski and High Definition Quartet. The concept of "Pianohooligan" is a unique attempt to interpret musically the second part of the Adam Mickiewicz's poetic drama. The concert is an unusual meeting of jazz with contemporary ambient, where the pathetic, romantic context gives way to dynamic illustration of the internal experiences of the characters from Mickiewicz's poem.
Full programme available at: http://mcksokol.pl/