Jakub Józef Orliński

The angelic voice and appearance of Jakub Orliński have gained him crowds of fans around the world. He has recorded three albums, performed at Carnegie Hall and at the Lincoln Centre Alice Tully Hall, and, in addition, boasts a multitude of awards: enough to mention the two most recent – Polityka’s Passport and the Gramophone Classical Music Award for the best young artist. The Polish countertenor performs mainly early music: for example, on Anima Sacra we will find eight premiere recordings of Baroque arias, mainly from the Neapolitan school. The audiences appreciate his stage presence, beautiful voice, ambitious selection of repertoire, wise management of his own development and career, but above all – his humbleness towards music. The concert at Teatr Wielki will, in a sense, constitute a return to the beginnings of his career, as Orliński has participated in Teatr Wielki’s Opera Academy workshops since 2012. When he is not singing, our hero of the evening… dances. And by no means baroque numbers – he favours modern street style with its gravity-defying contortions.

PROGRAMME:

Part 1

Henry Purcell
Music for a While
If Music be the Food of Love
What Power art Thou
Strike the Viol

Tadeusz Baird
Four Love Sonnets: Spójrz co tu ciche serce wypisało; Drwię, mając ciebie, z całej ludzkiej pychy; Słodka miłości; Jakże podobna zimie jest rozłąka

Paweł Łukaszewski
Jesień from Three Songs, words by Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska

Jakub Józef Orliński – countertenor
Michał Biel – piano

Part 2

Francesco Cavalli
Lucidissima face

Giovanni Antonio Boretti
Chi scherza con Amor

Georg Friedrich Händel
Pena tiranna

Giovanni Bononcini
Sinfonia from La Nemica d'Amore fatta amante

Georg Friedrich Händel
Voi che udite

Luca Antonio Predieri
Finchè salvo

Giuseppe Maria Orlandini / Johann Mattheson
Che m'ami ti prega

Jakub Józef Orliński – countertenor
Capella Regia Polona Early-Instruments Ensemble of the Polish Royal Opera

Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor) Michał Biel (piano) Capella Regia Polona Early-Instruments Ensemble of the Polish Royal Opera under Krzysztof Garstka

Jakub Józef Orliński appears courtesy of Erato/Warner Classics.

Performance score editions for Boretti, Bononcini, Predieri, Orlandini/Mattheson: Editions Charybde & Scylla – Yannis François

The artist will donate the concert fee to Fundacja Słoneczna Akademia.