Capella Cracoviensis at the Church of the Holiest Saviour
Friday, July 28, 2017, 8:00 PM
Privatissimum – it is the name the cycle of concert by Capella Cracoviensis held on summer Friday evening at the Church of the Holiest Saviour. In the intimate, low-key interiors of the church, we will hear music for string sextet, religious works for five voices and the positive organ and the Baroque works sponsored by the proud Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
28 July 2017, 8pm
Verklärte Nacht
Arnold Schönberg Verklärte Nacht
Johannes Brahms Sextet in B major
Capella Cracoviensis on period instruments: Maciej Czepielowski, Jadwiga Czepielowska (violin), Jacek Dumanowski, Aneta Dumanowska (viola), Konrad Górka, Teresa Kamińska (cello)
4 August 2017, 8pm
O Jesu nomen dulce
Heinrich Albert Gott des Himmels, Lob der Konige, Tanz nach Polnischer Art, Aria Polonica
Melchior Franck Evangelienspurch – Und als er nahe hinzukam, Pavana
Matthaus Apelles von Loewenstern Komm Heliger Geist, Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied, O Mensch im ganzen Leben, Nun preiset alle, Christe du Beistand
Heinrich Schütz O Jesu nomen dulce, Hodie Christus naTus est, Aufer immensam
Hieronymus Praetorius Nun lob mein Seel
Magdalena Łukawska (soprano)
Helena Poczykowska (alto)
Piotr Szewczyk, Szczepan Kosior (tenor)
Marek Opaska (bass)
Yves Bilger (positive organ/lead)
11 August 2017, 8pm
Hamburger Ratsmusik
Matthias Weckmann Weine nicht, es hat überwunden, Der Jungfrauen Abscheidt, Der Cornwallische Auffrug Tanz, Volta, Galliard in G, Der Satyrn, Kommet her zu mir alle
Johann Schop Paduana a 5 in d, Pavan a 6 in F
William Brade Paduan in d
Nicolaus Adam Strungk Sonata a 6 in a
Johann Christian Bach Meine Freundin, du bist schön
Antonina Ruda (soprano)
Łukasz Dulewicz (alto)
Piotr Szewczyk (tenor)
Marek Opaska (bass)
Capella Cracoviensis on period instruments: Seojin Kim, Beata Nawrocka, Zofia Wojniakiewicz (violin), Justyna Młynarczyk, Piotr Młynarczyk, Mateusz Kowalski (viola da gamba), Anna Wiktoria Swoboda (lute), Marcin Świątkiewicz (harpsichord/lead)
Church of the Holiest Saviour
ul. bł. Bronisławy 11a
The most mysterious place in Salwator, and one of Kraków’s oldest churches.
The first mention of this church in sources that are known to us dates back to 1148, yet legends widespread already in the days of the first guidebook to Kraków, published in 1603, connect the construction of the church of the Holiest Saviour with the state of the first rulers of the Piast dynasty and the mission of St Adalbert (Voitek), who is believed to have preached here before setting out on a mission to Christianise the Prussians.
The church has Romanesque foundations, and some architectural details characteristic of the style. Its current form results from baroque reconstructions in the 16th and 17th centuries. It used to be home to a crucifix famous for its graces (allegedly kept in Italy today), to which the painting in the high altar (1605) alludes by presenting the adoration of crucified Christ by a poor musician. The crucifix was lavishly decorated, and the figure of the Lord hanging on the cross wore slippers. The Saviour took pity on the impoverished fiddler and dropped one of the shoes as a gift for the boy. The pious musician wanted to return the gift to the crucifix, yet he was presented with it again.
The church stands in a picturesque garden with the former parish cemetery. Standing huddled in its corner is a wooden house from the first half of the 19th century, known as the gravedigger’s cottage.
Be sure to see:
- Romanesque elements of the interior decoration: a stone altar table below the high altar, chancel walls, windows
- Renaissance frescoes from early 16th century: the crucifixion scene and the miraculous feeding of the 5000 with bread
- late Renaissance pulpit
- organ atop the 17th-century music choir
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