Misteria Paschalia, one of the most important early music festivals in Europehas been organised since 2004 in the time of the Holy Week and Easter. Due to the coronavirus epidemic the Krakow Festival Office, the organiser of the festival, has taken the decision to cancel the festival in its traditional form. However, the lovers of the festiavl and early music will not be left entirely without music! We proudly present to you a brand new, unique edition of the 17th Misteria Paschalia Festival, hel entirely in the digital space! We meet every day from 5 to 13 April 2020 at 8pm at the Misteria Paschalia Faceook fanpage to listen to the selected concerts from the previuos editions of the festival.

MISTERIA PASCHALIA 2.0 - PROGRAMME

PALM SUNDAY (5 April 2020)
Son of England

31 March 2018, 8:30pm
ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall

Henry Purcell Welcome to all the pleasures Z. 339
Jeremiah Clarke Ode on the death of Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell Funeral sentences for the death of Queen Mary II Z. 860

Emmanuelle de Negri – soprano
Leandro Marziotte – alto
Zachary Wilder – tenor
Victor Sicard – bass
Les Cris de Paris – Geoffroy Jourdain
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre – conductor

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HOLY MONDAY (6 April 2020)
Selva morale e spirituale

10 April 2017, 8pm
Church of St Catherine of Alexandria

Claudio Monteverdi Toccata
Andrea Falconieri Batalla de Barabasso yerno de Satanas
Dixit Dominus (anon.)
Claudio Monteverdi Dixit Dominus
Annibale Gregori Mai non disciolgasi (ciaccona)
Claudio Monteverdi
• Gloria
• Crucifixus
• Salve Regina
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon à 12
Claudio Monteverdi / Aquilino Coppini O gloriose martyr
Claudio Monteverdi Magnificat

Deborah Cachet – soprano
Eva Zaïcik – mezzo-soprano
Jean-François Lombard – countertenor
Cyril Auvity – tenor
Sébasstien Obrecht – tenor
Geoffroy Buffière – bass
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Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre – conductor

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HOLY TUESDAY (7 April 2020)
Il terremoto

12 April 2017, 8pm
Church of St Catherine of Alexandria

Antonio Draghi Il terremoto

Beata Vergine: Léa Trommenschlager – soprano
Madalena: Claire Lefilliâtre – soprano
San Giovanni: Jeffrey Thompson – tenor
Scriba: Dominique Visse – countertenor
Fariseo: Emmanuel Vistorky – bass
Centurione: Victor Sicard – baritone
Lume di Fede: Anna Zawisza – soprano
Lume di Scienza: Helena Poczykowska – alto
Marta Wróblewska – soprano
Marcin Liweń – alto
Piotr Gałek – tenor
Andrzej Marusiak – tenor
Andrzej Zawisza – bass
Michał Dembiński – bass
Alexandra Rübner – aktorka
Arte dei Suonatori
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre – conductor

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HOLY WEDNESDAY (8 April 2020)
Messe des morts

11 April 2017, 8pm
Corpus Christi Basilica

Henry Du Mont Super flumina Babylonis
Michel Corrette Carillon des morts
Jean Gilles Messe des morts

Caroline Weynants – soprano
Clément Debieuvre – haute-contre
Davy Cornillot – tenor
Lisandro Abadie – bass
Chór Capelli Cracoviensis
Capriccio Stravagante Les 24 Violons
Skip Sempé – conductor

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MAUNDY THURSDAY (9 April 2020)
Miserere mei Deus

18 April 2019, 8pm
ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Theatre Hall

Antonio Vivaldi Credo RV 591
Leonardo Leo Miserere mei Deus
Giovanni Bononcini Stabat Mater

Sonia Tedla – soprano
Enrico Torre – alto
Luca Cervoni – tenor
Salvo Vitale – bass
Chór Polskiego Radia
Maria Piotrowska-Bogalecka – choirmaster
Concerto Italiano
Rinaldo Alessandrini – conductor

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GOOD FRIDAY (10 April 2020)
Tristes erant Apostoli

19 April 2019, 8pm
ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall

Antonio Nola Tristes erant Apostoli
Pietro Marchitelli Concerto grosso no. 11 in La minore
Antonio Nola
• Homo et Angelus
• Ecce nunc benedicite
• Stabat Mater
• Sacramento laudes
• Ecce nunc benedicite

Leslie Visco – soprano
Anna Zawisza – soprano
Marta Fumagalli – alto
Alessio Tosi – tenor
Giuseppe Naviglio – bass
Cappella Neapolitana
Antonio Florio – conductor

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HOLY SATURDAY (11 April 2020)
Lu Cuntu de la Passiuni

20 April 2019, 8pm
„Wieliczka” Salt MIne, St Kinga’s Chapel

Chi è devoto (anon.)
Tarantella della Passione (anon.)
Passacaglio della ore de la Passiuni (anon.)
Si partìla Madonna (anon.)
Gagliarda del Principe (Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa)
Passioni Nostro Signuri (anon.)
Canzona a morto / Sonata dopo la canzone (anon.)
La morte di Gesù (anon.)
Stava a piè della Croce (anon.)
Tarantella (anon.)
Stabat Mater di Santo Stefano di Camastra (trad.)
Misericordes sicut Pater
Madonna de la Grazia

Pino De Vittorio – tenor, chitarra battente
Laboratorio ‘600

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EASTER SUNDAY (12 April 2020)
Samson

1 April 2018, 8pm
ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall

George Frideric Handel Samson HWV 57

Samson: James Way – tenor
Dalila, Wife of Samson: Eleanor Dennis – soprano
Micah, Friend to Samson: Caitlin Hulcup – bass
Israelitish Woman: Fflur Wyn – soprano
Manoah, Father to Samson: Matthew Brook – bass
Harapha, a Giant: Vitali Rozynko – bass
Israelitish Man: Hugo Hymas – tenor
Philistine Woman, Attendant to Dalila: Charlotte Ashley – soprano
Chór Polskiego Radia
Maria Piotrowska-Bogalecka – choirmaster
Dunedin Consort
John Butt – conductor

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EASTER MONDAY (13 April 2020)
Purcell & Handel: Arias & Odes

2 April 2018, 8pm
ICE Kraków Congress Centre, Krzysztof Penderecki Hall

Henry Purcell
• Come, ye sons of art – Overture (Ode for Queen Mary’s birthday Z. 323)
• The Queen’s Epicedium Z. 383
• Evening Hymn Z. 193
• Music for a while Z. 583
George Frideric Handel
• Concerto grosso op. 6 nr 4 a-moll HWV 322
• Waft her, Angels through the Skies (aria, Jephtha HWV 70)
• As steals the morn (duet, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV 55)
• Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day

Ian Bostridge – tenor
Fflur Wyn – soprano
Chór Polskiego Radia
Maria Piotrowska-Bogalecka – choirmaster
Dunedin Consort
John Butt – conductor