Wroclawska Orkiestra Barokowa
Wroclawska Orkiestra Barokowa / fot. Łukasz Rajchert
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
Founded in 2006 by Andrzej Kosendiak, it is a resident ensemble of the Witold Lutosławski National Forum of Music, one of few cultural institutions in Poland boasting its own Baroque orchestra playing historical instruments. During each NFM concert season, WBO presents its own concert series, always ardently applauded by the audience. The WBO repertoire encompasses works from early Baroque to Romanticism, from chamber line-ups to large oratorios. The superb cellist Jarosław Thiel has been Artistic Director of WBO since its inception.
 
Today, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra counts among the most important Polish ensembles playing historical instruments. The orchestra’s output and high level of performance result in collaborations with the biggest names on the international early music scene. WBO has performed under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe, Giovanni Antonini, Andrew Parrott, Paul McCreesh, Andreas Spering, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Laurence Cummings, Justin Doyle, Howard Arman, Rubén Dubrovsky, and Christian Curnyn. The orchestra has invited excellent ensembles and soloists, and among them Collegium Vocale Gent, Rias Kammerchor, Cantus Cölln, Vocalconsort Berlin, Taverner Consort, Dresdner Kammerchor, Gli Angeli Genève, Julia Lezhneva, Vivica Genaux, Regula Mühlemann, Renata Pokupić, Tim Mead, Daniel Taylor and Aleksandra Kurzak. WBO guest performs at prestigious festivals, participates in radio broadcasts and recording sessions.
 
The first CD of WBO won a Fryderyk in the Phonographic Debut of the Year category, and the following recordings have been nominated for the same award several times. 2017 saw the release of a new album – Haydn The Seasons – a result of collaboration with Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players (the disc was nominated for Gramophone Awards in the Best Choral Recording category and was a recording of the month of the BBC Music Magazine in June 2017). 2018 saw the release of the album with the premiere recording of the original version of Phantoms by Moniuszko (CD Accord), featuring WBO, and the album 17th-Century Sacred Music in Wrocław, recorded with Gli Angeli Genève and Concerto Palatino under the direction of Stephan MacLeod (Claves). The former received a Fryderyk 2019 in the Album of the Year – Choral Music, Oratorio and Opera category, the latter an International Classical Music Award 2019 in the Baroque Vocal category.
 
In 2019, an album recorded under the baton of Andrzej Kosendiak with works by Marcin Józef Żebrowski (CD Accord) was released and later nominated for a Fryderyk 2020 in the Album of the Year – Oratorio and Opera Music category. 2020 saw the release of an album with Karol Kurpiński's Elegy in C minor (world premiere recording), Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński's Symphony No. 2 (first recording on historical instruments) and The Fairy Tale by Stanisław Moniuszko, recorded under the direction of Jarosław Thiel (CD Accord). The album was nominated for the International Classical Music Awards. In 2022, the latest album of Wrocław Baroque Orchestra recorded with the Ensemble Polyharmonique under the baton of Jarosław Thiel came out, Johann David Heinichen – Dresden Vespers (world premiere recording; Accent).

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St Matthew Passion
Ian Bostridge / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
27.03
Wed.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Annette Dasch / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
12.05
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Teseo
Zakończenie sezonu Wrocławskiej Orkiestry Barokowej
26.05
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall, reversed stage
Kings in the North
Tomáš Král / Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Johann David Heinichen – Dresden Vespers
Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa, Ensemble Polyharmonique
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Józef Elsner – Trois quatuors du meilleur goût polonois op. 1
Mikołaj Zgółka, Zbigniew Pilch, Dominik Dębski, Jarosław Thiel
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Kurpiński, Dobrzyński, Moniuszko
Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa, Jarosław Thiel
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Carl Höckh – Violin Sonatas
Mikołaj Zgółka, Jarosław Thiel, Aleksandra Rupocińska
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17th-Century Sacred Music in Wrocław
Gli Angeli Genève, Concerto Palatino, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa, Stephan MacLeod
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A.M. Bononcini.La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista
Andrzej Kosendiak. Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Enlightened Virtuoso
Zbigniew Pilch
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Beethoven Sonatas
Jarosław Thiel, Katarzyna Drogosz
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Stanisław Moniuszko. Widma
Andrzej Kosendiak, Chór NFM, Chór Chłopięcy NFM, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Joseph Haydn. Symphonies
Jarosław Thiel, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Bella mia fiamma… Mozart Concert Arias
Olga Pasiecznik, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Koželuh, Rejcha, Voríšek. Symphonies
Jarosław Thiel, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
Moniuszko. Litanie Ostrobramskie
Jacek Kaspszyk, Chór Polskiego Radia, Wrocławska Orkietra Barokowa
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Haydn. The Seasons 1801
Paul McCreesh, Chór NFM, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Marcin Józef Żebrowski
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Jarosław Thiel
Artistic Director of Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

He studied cello at the music academies in Poznań and Łódź, and also completed postgraduate studies at the Universität der Künste in Berlin in the Baroque cello class of Phoebe Carrai and Markus Möllenbeck (diploma with honours).

The ensemble
Violins

Zbigniew Pilch (koncertmistrz), Adam Pastuszka (prowadzący grupę II skrzypiec, Kamila Guz, Radosław Kamieniarz, Małgorzata Malke, Dominika Małecka, Anna Nowak-Pokrzywińska, Paweł Stawarski, Violetta Szopa-Tomczyk, Mikołaj Zgółka, Juliusz Żurawski, Sulamita Ślubowska, Adrian Bleyer 

Violas

Dominik Dębski (prowadzący grupę altówek), Piotr Chrupek, Michał Mazur, Corina Golomoz – współpraca, František Kuncl – współpraca

Cellos

Jarosław Thiel (prowadzący grupę wiolonczel), Bartosz Kokosza, Jakub Kościukiewicz, Edyta Maksymczuk-Thiel

Double-bass

Janusz Musiał (prowadzący grupę kontrabasów), Stanisław Smołka

Flutes

Dóra Ombódi, Małgorzata Klisowska, Jana Semerádová

Oboes

Rodrigo López Paz, Eduard Wesly – współpraca, Christopher Palameta – współpraca  

Bassoons

Josep Casadellà, Kamila Marcinkowska-Prasad, Jani Sunnarborg

Cornets

Krzysztof Stencel, Daniele Bolzonella

Clarinets

Alvaro Iborra, Juan Ullibarri

Timpani

Jarosław Kopeć

Harpsichord / Chest organ

Aleksandra Rupocińska, Marcin Szelest

Lutes

Miguel de Rodas Sanchez, Toshinori Ozaki – collaboration

Librarian

Piotr Chrupek

Contact
Agnieszka Wróblewska
Manager of Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

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