‘The radical July afternoon sun and the radically austere, soothing music-filled darkness of Łaźnia’ – this is how Capella Cracoviensis telegraphically explains the title of the series of chamber concerts that it will present in Łaźnia Nowa in July as part of Boulev[art]. There are more contrasts here: historical instruments in a post-industrial space, a hushed ascetic interior and the adjacent lush greenery by the Nowa Huta Reservoir, which invites picnic lovers (the organisers do encourage you to bring a blanket and victuals!). This will be the perfect culmination of concerts featuring Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 2, which soothes the hustle and bustle of everyday life, an epic story in small form – Wagner's Piano Sonata in A minor, the sensuous Wesendonck-Lieder by the same composer, Mendelssohn’s Double Concerto in D minor for violin and piano, where everything resembles a song (as usual in his works), and the String Quintet in F major by Bruckner, one of the great “radicals” of classical music. Solo parts in masterpieces by 19th century  giants will be performed, among others, by violinist Robert Bachara, pianist Wioletta Fluda-Tkaczyk and soprano Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska.

10 July 2025, 5pm
Franz Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 100
Zofia Wojniakiewicz violin
Konrad Górka cello
Wioletta Fluda-Tkaczyk piano

17 July 2025, 5pm
Richard Wagner Wesendonck Lieder (version for sting sextet)*: 1. Der Engel, 2. Stehe Still, 3. Im Treibhaus, 4. Schmerzen, 5. Träume
Felix Mendelssohn Double Concerto in D minor for violin and piano
Jolanta Kowalska soprano
Robert Bachara violin
Wioletta Fluda-Tkaczyk piano
Capella Cracoviensis on period instruments

24 July 2025, 5pm
Anton Bruckner String Quintet in F major
Robert Bachara violin I
Radosław Kamieniarz violin II
Aneta Dumanowska viola I
Natalia Reichert viola II
Monika Hartmann cello

31 July 2025, 5pm
Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in A minor
Wioletta Fluda-Tkaczyk piano

Photo: Jolanta Kowalska-Pawlikowska, photo by Jacek Poremba