Programme
7 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Journey to Jerusalem
A musical travel diary of Mikołaj Krzysztof ‘the Orphan’ Radziwiłł
Ex silentio (Greece), director Dimitris Kountouras
9 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius (on-screen projection, open for audience) and online
Prize winner’s concert
SIGISMUNDUS LAUXMIN International Harpsichord Contest, second edition
11 September, 8 pm
Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trakų g. 9/1, Vilnius
An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Organ works by Johann Adam Reincken (1643–1722) and his contemporaries
Marcin Szelest – organ (Poland)
14 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Ego Rex
Music for the King. Cantigas de Santa Maria
Artefactum (Spain)
15 September, 8 pm
Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trakų g. 9/1, Vilnius
Vespers
by Teodoro Riccio (c.1540–c.1601)
Project director Detlef Bratschke (Germany)
Duodeco (Lithuania), director Povilas Vanžodis
Schola Gregoriana Sancti Casimiri (Poland), director Mariusz Perkowski
Andrzej Szadejko – organ (Poland)
17 September, 7 pm
Banchetto Musicale Festival ‘Fringe Day’
Online concert of young early music performers
18 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
The Pillars of Heaven
Music by Salamone Rossi (c.1570–1630) and Gintautas Venislovas (born 1973)
Project directors Gintautas Venislovas and Darius Stabinskas
20 September, 7 pm
St. Francis of Assisi (Bernardine) Roman Catholic Church, Maironio g. 10, Vilnius
Chant des Templiers
Manuscript of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Ensemble Organum, director Marcel Pérès (France)
21 September, 8 pm
Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trakų g. 9/1, Vilnius
Gallant music from Vilnius and Lviv
Wojciech Dankowski (c.1760–c.1814) and Jan Piotr Habermann (before 1720–after 1762)
Conductor Andrzej Szadejko (Poland)
Duodeco (Lithuania), director Povilas Vanžodis
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble (Poland), director Andrzej Szadejko
22 September, 8 pm
Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trakų g. 9/1, Vilnius
Veni, redemptor gentium
Baroque masters of the Baltics
Andrzej Szadejko – organ (Poland)
23 September, 8 pm
Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trakų g. 9/1, Vilnius
12th–15th c. manuscripts reading and singing workshop
Closing concert
Project director Marcel Pérès (France) and participants of the singing workshop
24 September, 2 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Lauda Jerusalem
A concert for children and families
Lux Musicae London (United Kingdom)
25 September, 7 pm
Palace of the Grand Dukes, Katedros a. 4, Vilnius
Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
J. S. Bach: cantatas BWV 32, 159, 131
Conductor Christian Frattima (Italy)
Monika Mauch – soprano (Germany), Franz Vitzthum – countertenor (Germany), Charles Daniels – tenor (United Kingdom), Carsten Krüger – bass (Germany)
Festival choir and orchestra, director Alina Rotaru – organ (Germany / Lithuania)