PROGRAM VARMIA MUSICA’26

concerts
IN Lidzbark WarmińSki

sunday
2 august 2026

Concerto d’amore

  • 7:00PM
  • The Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    The Great Refectory

Performers:
Marek Niewiedział, Maria Plucińska – oboe d’amore
Karolina Zych – flute, flauto d’amore 
Ewa Pilarska-Banaszak – viola d’amore
Tomasz Wesołowski – bassoon 
Radosław Kamieniarz – violin 
Aleksandra Owczarek – violin 
Piotr Chrupek – viola 
Jakub Kościukiewicz – cello 
Marcin Bajon – double bass
Ewa Mrowca – harpsichord 
 
Program: 
Georg Philipp Telemann 1681-1767
Koncert potrójny TWV 53:E1 
na flet, obój d’amore i violę d’amore, smyczki i basso continuo                
(…), Allegro, Siciliana, Vivace
                                   
Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Koncert “La Notte” RV 501 na fagot, smyczki i basso continuo 
Largo — Andante molto, Presto (Fantasmi), Adagio, Presto — Adagio (Il Sonno), Allegro
 
François Couperin Le Grand (1668-1733)
Le Rossignol d’Amour, Le Dodo L’Amour i Les Barricades Mystérieuses, 
                                   
Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Koncert E-dur „L’amoroso” RV 271 na skrzypce, smyczki i basso continuo 
Allegro, Cantabile, Allegro
 
Christoph Graupner 1683-1760
Ouverture in A major GWV 477
(…), Gavott en Rondeau, Autre, Air I-III, Sarabande, Menuet I-IV, Chaconne
 

Monday
3 august 2026

Love, Spring and Dream

  • 7:00PM
  • The Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    The Great Refectory

Performers:
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział – soprano 
Mirosław Feldgebel – piano 
Marek Niewiedział – oboe 
 
Program: 
Franciszek Liszt (1811-1886)
Tre sonetti di Petrarca
Pace non trovo, Benedetto sia’l giorno, I’ vidi in terra angelici costumi
 
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
3 Romanzen, Op.94 
Nicht schnell, Einfach, innig, Nicht schnell
 
Hermann Goetz (1840–1876) 
6 Lieder, Op.19
Eine Blume weiss ich, O Lieb’, du Wonnemeer, Frühlings Wiederkehr, Ein Frühlingstraum, Der Frühling kommt!, Wandrers Nachtlied
 

tuesday
4 august 2026

All the Mornings of the World

  • 7:00PM
  • The Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    Great Refectory

Performers 
 
Krzysztof Firlus – viola da gamba 
Karolina Szewczykowska – viola da gamba 
Katarzyna Stasiewicz – viola da gamba 
Sulamita Ślubowska – violin 
Anna Swoboda – lute 
Marta Niedźwiecka – harpsichord
 
Programme:
 
All the Mornings of the World
 
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs 
 
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Les Folies d’Espagne (excerpts)
 
Sainte-Colombe the Younger (1660–1720)
Prélude pour Mr Vauquelin 
 
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640–1700)
Gavotte du Tendre
 
Une jeune fillette
 
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640–1700)
“Les Pleurs” 
Concert for two violas “Le Retour” 
 
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
La Rêveuse 
L’Arabesque
Le Badinage 
Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris 
Muzettes I–II
 

wednesday
5 august 2026

Amor vittorioso

  • 8:00PM
  • The Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    Great Refectory 

Performers:
Marta Czarkowska-Lawaty – soprano
Zuzanna Kozłowska – mezzo-soprano
Adam Sławiński – tenor
Piotr Pieron – bass
Mirosław Feldgebel – /instrumental/

Program:
Giovanni Gastoldi, Amor vittorioso
Thomas Morley, April is in my mistress’ face
Aveć nad mnie Venus, author unknown, 16th century, music from organ tablature
Jan of Lublin, words from Krakow lute tablature
Giovanni Felice Sances, Usurpator tiranno
John Farmer, Fair Phyllis I saw
John Bennet, Weep, o mine eyes
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Se l’aura spira tutta vezzosa
Pierre Passereau, Il est bel et bon

Instrumental piece – played by Mirosław Feldgebel

Clement Jannequin, Le chant des oiseaux
Wherever you are now – author unknown, 17th century, arr. Włodzimierz Sołtysik
John Dowland, Flow, my tears
Jacques Arcadelt, Il bianco e dolce cigno
John Dowland, Fine knacks for ladies
Orlando Gibbons, Drop, drop slow tears
Skarżęć się, matusiu moja – author unknown, 17th century, arr. Włodzimierz Sołtysik
John Wilbye, Adieu, sweet Amaryllis
 

thursday
6 august 2026 

Romantic Salon 

  • 6:30PM
  • Orangery of Culture

Free admission 

thursday
6 august 2026 

Author’s Evening “What is Opera?” 

  • 8:30PM
  • Hotel Krasicki – Library

Special guest:
Marek Weiss-Grzesiński – opera and theater director, writer

Free admission 

friday
7 august 2026

Concert by VMA participants

  • 7:30PM
  • Church of St Peter and St Paul 

Free admission 

saturday
8 august 2026 

In dialogo

  • 19:00
  • Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    Chapel

Performers:
Veronika Skuplik – violin 
Anna Schall – cornetto
Marcin Szelest – organ 
 
Salomone Rossi (1570-1630) 
Suita g moll 
Sinfonia detta la Emiglia, Gagliarda-detta Marchesino, Gagliarda detta Narciso, Brando
Sonata in dialogo Detta la Viena
 
Johann Sommer (1570-1627)
Paduana „Susanne un jour“
 
Girolamo dalla Casa (zm. 1601) 
Diminucje „Susanne un jour“
 
Johann Sommer (1570-1627) 
Galliarda „Susanne un jour“
 
Giovanni de Macque (1548-1614)
Consonanze stravaganti per l’organo
 
Giovanni Paolo Cima (1575-1630)
„Quam pulchra es“
 
Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665)
„Nigra sum, sed formosa“
 
Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Sonata seconda a canto solo
 
Marco Uccelini (ok. 1603/1610-1680)
Sonata 8 ze zbioru Ozio Regio
 
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
Toccata VII in D, Roma 1637
 
Giovanni B Buonamente (ca.1595-16)
Sonata a doi
Salomone Rossi Sonata quarta sopra l’arie di Ruggiero
 

sunday
9 august 2026

Concert by students of the VMA organ class

  • 11:00AM
  • Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    Chapel

Free admission

sunday
9 august 2026 

Venus & Adonis

  • 7:00PM
  • Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński 
    Great Refectory

Performers:
Soloists and the Varmia Musica Academia Festival Orchestra
 
Radosław Kamieniarz
violin/artistic director
 
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział, Marta Czarkowska-Lawaty
vocal coaching 
 
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział
stage direction 

Program:
John Blow (1649-1708)
Venus & Adonis 
  

CoNcert
IN Olsztyn

tuesday
11 august 2026 

Venus & Adonis

  • 6:00PM
  • The Feliks Nowowiejski Warmia and Mazury Philharmonic 
    in Olsztyn

Performers:
Soloists and the Varmia Musica Academia Festival Orchestra
 
Radosław Kamieniarz
violin/artistic director 
 
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział, Marta Czarkowska-Lawaty
vocal coaching 
 
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział 
stage direction 

Program:
John Blow (1649-1708)
Venus & Adonis 
  

CONcert
IN radziejowicE

Wednesday
12 august 2026 

Venus & Adonis

  • 7:00PM
  • House of Creative Work in Radziejowice

Performers:
Soloists and the Varmia Musica Academia Festival Orchestra
 
Radosław Kamieniarz
violin/artistic director 
 
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział, Marta Czarkowska-Lawaty
vocal coaching 
 
Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział 
stage direction 

Program:
John Blow (1649-1708)
Venus & Adonis