The Director of the Center of Culture “Śródmieście” in Białystok and the Director of the Institute of Cultural Studies of the University of Białystok invite you to a concert of the Early Music Ensemble “Ars Decorum”.
The Early Music Ensemble “Ars Decorum” operating at the “Śródmieście” Cultural Center in Białystok was founded in April 2015 on the initiative of the instructor, Joanna Mytnik-Daniluk. It is a youth vocal and instrumental ensemble specializing in performing works from the Renaissance and early Baroque periods. The band’s instrumentarium includes, among others: a quintet of recorders that are copies of old instruments, cornamuse, guitarolute, and percussion instruments. The musicians perform in old-fashioned costumes, designed by Barbara Piekut.
In June 2016, the band took part in the Children and Youth Music Festival “Debuts” in Łapy, winning the first place in the category of bands – Diamond Debut. Aeolus Bronze Harp. In August 2017, the ensemble performed during the Jarosławski Fair. Since 2017, the Ensemble has participated in the cyclical “Baroque Gardens of Art” Festival in Białystok. In subsequent editions of the National Festival of Early Music Ensembles “Schola Cantorum” in 2018 and 2020, the Ensemble won Distinctions, and in 2021 the Bronze Eola Harp. At the International Festival of Early Music Ensembles “Schola Cantorum” in Kalisz in 2022, the Ensemble received the Eola Golden Harp in the category of vocal and instrumental ensembles and the Kalisz Starost Award.
Repertoire:
1. Anonymous (14th century) – Joys I tell you
2. Organ tablature by Christian Loeffelholtz (1585) – Dobry Taniec Polski
3. Anonymous from the Cancionero de Palacio collection (15th/16th century) – Pase el agoa Ma Julieta Dama
4. John Dowland (1563-1626) – Can she excuse my wrongs
5. William Brade (1560-1630) – Ein Schottisch Tantz
6. John Bennet (1575-1615) – The Elves Dance
7. Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) – Ad una fresca riva
8. Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657) – Comagain
9. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) – Fantasia No. 6
10. Juan del Encina (1468-1529) – Soy contento y vos servida
11. Anonymous (16th century) – La Paduana del Re
12. Anonymous (16th century) – La Traditora
13. Pierre Certon (1510-1572) – La, la, la, je ne l’ose dire
14. Cyprian Bazilik (1535?-1600?) – The Lord’s Benevolence
15. Andrzej Koszewski (1963) – Zdrowaś Królewno Wyborna
16. Richard Nicholson (1595-1639) – The Jewes Dance
17. Juan del Encina (1468-1529) – Señora de hermosura
18. Pierre Francisque Caroubel (1556-1611) – Gaillarde CCLXXXVII
Band composition:
Weronika Federwisch – tenor flute, alto flute, soprano flute
Hanna Maczyńska – alto flute, tenor flute, soprano flute, subbass cornamuse, vocals
Gabriela Szczepańska – bass flute, tenor flute, soprano flute, piano
Inka Szumińska – baraban, lyrical harp, bass flute, alto flute, castanets, singing
Magdalena Szymanowska – guitar lute, vocals
Weronika Warsicka – soprano flute, alto flute, sopranino flute
Judyta Żłobikowska – Irish harp, hoop drum, baraban, tubular bells, vocals
The concert will take place on June 28 (Wednesday) at 18:00 in the Janusz Korczak Hall of the Faculty of Educational Sciences (Świerkowa 20 Street). Free tickets are required – to be picked up at the secretariat of the “Śródmieście” Community Center in Białystok until Friday (June 23) at 8:00-18:00 and the following week (June 26-28) from 8:00-16:00.
