13-Mar / 2 COMMENTS

 

It was just after my concert with Concerto Da Camera in Poznan. I was in my concert dress, standing excited and happy, still holding the rose the festival gave me in my hand. The 4 men of the ensemble were putting their instruments away. We were getting ready to leave, because we were in a church on a Sunday, and our concert was in-between the numerous Sunday masses- and the show must go on.

 

I was elated. The “Geistliche Melodien” project with Concerto Da Camera ,featuring 17th -century music from the coast of Northern Europe, was short, but the experience was definitely sweet. The members of the ensemble: Matthew Greco & Paweł Miczka – baroque violin; Marek Szymański, baroque cello; Maciej Wierzchołowski – organ & artictis leading, are all incredible musicians. Playing together, I could feel their energy in the rehearsals and the concert so vividly, that I knew where the base note would fall without having to look at any one in particular- a rare thing indeed.

 

Back in the side chapel some friends came to say hi and how they liked the concert. From the corner of my eye I saw an old man approaching slowly, lightly supported by a young woman. I was told he wanted to have a word with me. His right hand kept a good grip on the back of a chair making sure he wasn’t going to fall. From quite a bit in Polish he moved in to German and then French. He said he was very moved by my catholic interpretation of the muisc. When he went away I was told I had the honor of speaking to the son of the Polish composer Feliks Nowowiejski.

 

Singing a protestant repertoire with a Catholic interpretation gotta be a good feedback considering it was performed in a Catholic church to a Catholic audience- right? After all music is all about communicating ideas.

Concerto Da Camera Festiwalu Muzyki Pasyjnej i Paschalnej Poznan