A tribute to Hetman Zamoyski / Concert on the National Independence Day

Ledwoś ruszył wojsko swoje,

Tryumf przyszedł w ręce twoje,

Tryumf fortunny a sławny,

Jakiego nie miał wiek dawny.

This stanza finishing the Pieśni Kalliopy Słoweńskiej na teraźniejsze pod Byczyną zwycięstwo by Krzysztof Klabon to the lyrics by Stanisław Grochowski excellently depicts the feat performed by the Polish army led by hetman Jan Zamoyski in 1588. The National Independence Day brings the perfect opportunity to commemorate the greatest events in the history of the Republic of Poland, especially those which were also made famous in songs.

The concert will also feature the oldest of the Polish anthems – Bogurodzica and Gaude Mater Polonia – hymns sung by the Polish knighthood when they were squaring up with enemy. Those melodies could have also accompanied Polish forces preparing for the battle of Byczyna, in which they achieved great victory over archduke Maximillian Habsburg’s forces. The victory was recorded and made famous by Krzysztof Klabon, one of the most distinguished musicians at the royal court, in the series of six compositions. The programme will also feature charming dances from Jan of Lublin’s Tablatures, which, similarly to other songs taking up subjects of political events – resounded during official court ceremonies. Compositions will be performed and interpreted by outstanding artists specializing in early music and will be played on period instruments replicas, which will surely bring about the atmosphere of those past times.

16th century was also the heyday of religious songs. Among many of them, this genre produced beautiful psalms by Mikołaj Gomółka to the lyrics of Jan Kochanowski. And a prayer character of Sebastian Klonowic’s Piosnka uczyniona czasu powietrza, kiedy było interregnum w roku pańskim 1572, in which one begs for an end to pandemic, seems particularly relevant today.

Marta Dziewanowska-Pachowska

PROGRAM

MUSICAL ARRANGEMENT JACEK URBANIAK

1. 1. Anonim, XIV w. – Bogurodzica
   2. Krzysztof Klabon, sł. Stanisław Grochowski, XVI w. – Pieśni Kaliope Słowiańskiej na teraźniejsze pod Byczyną zwycięstwo, nr 1: Słuchajcie mię wszystkie kraje
   3. Krzysztof Klabon, sł. Stanisław Grochowski – Pieśni Kaliope Słowiańskiej…, nr 2: Szerokie sarmackie włości
   4. Anonim z Tabulatury Jana z Lublina, XVI w. – Rex
   5. Krzysztof Klabon, sł. Stanisław Grochowski – Pieśni Kaliope Słowiańskiej…, nr 3: Sławne potomstwo Lechowe
   6. Krzysztof Klabon, sł. Stanisław Grochowski – Pieśni Kaliope Słowiańskiej…, nr 4: Tryumfuj, wierny poddany
   7. Anonim z Tabulatury Jana z Lublina – Hajducki
   8. Krzysztof Klabon, sł. Stanisław Grochowski – Pieśni Kaliope Słowiańskiej…, nr 5: Głośnym zwycięstwem głośna
   9. Krzysztof Klabon, sł. Stanisław Grochowski – Pieśni Kaliope Słowiańskiej…, nr 6: Jeśli greccy Hektorowie
   10. Mikołaj Gomółka, XVI w. – Nieście chwałę mocarze (wersja instrumentalna)
   11. Mikołaj Gomółka, sł. Jan Kochanowski – Psalm 47: Kleszczmy rękoma, wszyscy zgodliwie
   12. Sebastian Klonowic, XVI w. – Pieśń o zarazie: Mocny zemścicielu
   13. Wincenty z Kielczy, XIII w. – Gaude Mater Polonia (oprac. Teofil Klonowski, XIX w.)

PERFORMERS

THE CHORUS OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA

THE PERIOD INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE OF THE POLISH ROYAL OPERA CAPELLA REGIA POLONA

SŁAWOMIR JURCZAK INTRODUCTION

LILIANNA KRYCH CONDUCTOR, CHORUS MASTER

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