5th International Suckbut and Cornett Festival

12–14 December 2024

Performances

Thursday 12 December 2024, 7 p.m.
Redutowe Rooms, Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki

CONCERT CONSORTS, OR INSTRUMENTS BIG AND SMALL
A talk by Piotr Dąbrowski (in Polish)

BRASS AND STRINGS
A concert by CANOR ANTICUS and TROMBASTIC

Performers:
Canor Anticus:
Marcin Zalewski, Paweł Zalewski, Piotr Zalewski, Karolina Koślacz

and

The sackbut band Trombastic:
Piotr Wawreniuk, Piotr Dąbrowski, Michał Kiljan, Paweł Wachowski

The musicians will showcase the performance capabilities of the entire viola da gamba and trombone family.

Programme: instrumental pieces by Valentinus Greff Bakfark, Henry Purcell, Adam Jarzębski, John Dowland,  Michael Praetorius.

Saturday, 14 December 2024, 6 p.m.
Redutowe Rooms, Polish National Opera

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DANCE NOTATION
A talk by Anna Korbolewska (in Polish)

A RENAISSANCE BALL
A performance by the Sarabanda Historical Dance Theatre
with the accompaniment of period instruments by Kapela Królewska:
Agnieszka Obst-Chwała, Paweł Zalewski, Maciej Chwała, Piotr Wawreniuk, Paweł Wachowski, Witold Wilgos, Wojciech Lubertowicz

A dance performance with live music inspired by Renaissance balls and court entertainment featuring elements of historical theatre. The dancers will showcase Renaissance ballroom and theatrical dances drawing on old treatises (Italian, French and English known in Poland and popular across Europe), inviting the audience to join in the fun. The show will be complemented with a presenttaion of courtly attire based on historical patterns. In between the dances, you will have a chance to listen to performances by the participants of the period performance workshop led by the virtuoso tombone player Stephanie Dyer (UK).

As part of the festival, sackbut player Stephanie Dyer (UK) will lead a workshop for trombonists and cornett players interested in historically-informed performance.

Date: 12–14 December

Inquiries: Piotr Dąbrowski, brass@interia.pl, tel +48 604 064 188

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Sponsors

  • Organizator

  • Mecenasi festiwalu

  • Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

  • Patrons of the Polish National Opera

    Partners of the Opera Academy

  • Partners of the Polish National Opera

  • Media patrons

  • Media partner