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 
Marta Niedźwiecka – harpsichord 
Anna Swoboda – lute 
 
Program:
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs 
 
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
Improvisation sur les Folies d’Espagne (extraits)
 
Sainte-Colombe le fils (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 à deux violes “Le Retour” 
 
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
La Rêveuse 
L’Arabesque
 
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640-1700)
Les Pleurs 
 
Marin Marais (1656-1728)
Le Badinage
Tombeau pour Mr. de Sainte-Colombe 
Muzettes I–II 
Sonnerie de Ste. Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris
 

wednesday
5 august 2026

Europolifonie

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

Performers:
proMODERN
Marta Czarkowska – soprano
Katarzyna Szymkowiak – soprano
Anna Krawczuk – mezzo-soprano
Sebastian Mach – tenor
Krzysztof Chalimoniuk – baritone
Piotr Pieron – bass/artistic director


Bulgarian song – ‘Ergen Deda’ (‘The Old Bachelor’)
music by Peter Lyondev, lyrics by Tania Parvanova
 
Bulgarian song – ‘Gel Yano’ / ‘Rodilo se’ (‘Jano, my dear’ / ‘A boy was born’)
traditional music and lyrics
 
Albanian song – ‘Janinës ç’i panë sytë’ (‘What Janina’s eyes saw’)
music and lyrics traditional
 
Albanian song – ‘O Tomor O Mal i Lartë’ (‘Tomor, O High Mountain’)
music by Aleksander Kościów, traditional lyrics
 
Ukrainian song – ‘Oj, u poli’ (‘In the Field, a Grass’)
music and lyrics traditional
 
Ukrainian song – ‘Letila zozula’ (‘The cuckoo flew’)
music and lyrics traditional
 
Lithuanian song – ‘Gegutė sode’ (‘The Cuckoo’)
music by Goda Marija Gužauskaitė, traditional lyrics
 
Polish song – ‘Z tego wircha’
music by Andrzej Borzym, traditional lyrics
 
Bulgarian song – ‘Dimianinka’ (‘Dimianinka’)
music by Filip Kutev, traditional lyrics
 
Bulgarian song – ‘Swatba’ (‘Wedding’)
music by Khristo Todorov, traditional lyrics
 
Istrian song – ‘Otrgnem rožicu ruman cvet” (‘I pluck a red rose”)
traditional music and lyrics
 
Serbian song – ‘Oj, urodilo drvo javorovo’ (‘The sycamore tree has borne fruit’)
traditional music and lyrics
 
Sardinian song – ‘Su Dillu’ (‘O Dillu’)
traditional music and lyrics
 
Bulgarian song – ‘Dilmano dilbero’ (‘Beautiful Dilmano’)
music by Krassimir Kyurkchiyski, traditional lyrics
 

thursday
6 august 2026 

Romantic Salon 

  • 5:00PM
  • Orangery of Culture

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

  • 1:00PM
  • 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 
 
Marek Weiss-Grzesiński
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 
 
Marek Weiss-Grzesiński
stage direction 

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

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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 
 
Marek Weiss-Grzesiński
stage direction 

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

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