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NFM Choir

The NFM Choir was founded in 2006 by Andrzej Kosendiak. Directed for its first 15 years by Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, Lionel Sow became its Artistic Director in 2021. The choir has a well-earned reputation for its work in various genres, performing a cappella pieces as well as large-scale oratorios, operas, and symphonic compositions. 

The choir has collaborated with such renowned conductors as Giovanni Antonini, Zubin Mehta, Masaaki Suzuki, Kirill Petrenko, Iván Fischer, Jacek Kaspszyk, Paul McCreesh, James MacMillan, Stephen Layton, Bob Chilcott, and Krzysztof Penderecki, performing more than 300 concerts, including at the Berliner Philharmonie, Barbican Centre and Royal Albert Hall in London, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, as well as the Philharmonie de Paris and Salle Pleyel in Paris.

The NFM Choir is frequently invited to perform at international festivals such as the BBC Proms, Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden, International Ankara Music Festival, Gent Festival van Vlaanderen, Klarafestival, Lucerne Festival, George Enescu Festival, and Warsaw Autumn. The choir has worked with, among others, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Il Giardino Armonico, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Bach Collegium Japan, Berliner Philharmoniker, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. At the core of the choir’s activity are world premieres of works by such composers as Krzysztof Penderecki, Agata Zubel, Roxanna Panufnik, Rafał Augustyn, Paweł Łukaszewski, Julia Wolfe, and Bob Chilcott.

The NFM Choir has made a series of award-winning recordings under the direction of Paul McCreesh issued by Winged Lion, and two discs of Bob Chilcott’s music: The Seeds of Stars and Canticles of Light, on Signum. In March 2026, the album Thierry Escaich: Te Deum pour Notre-Dame, recorded with the NFM Choir, received the Victoires de la Musique Classique, the most important French music industry award in the Recording of the Year category. May 2026 saw the premiere of Dialogue, recorded by the choir under the direction of Lionel Sow.

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Our Concerts
ALL EVENTS
(Iphigenia) – an opera created by Wayne Shorter and esperanza spalding
 
20.11
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Carols with Karol

Christmas Carols and Improvisations

Karol Mossakowski / NFM Choir
20.12
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Twilight
Detlef Bratschke / Michał Rot / NFM Choir
24.01
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
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A Song of Praise
NFM Choir / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
12.02
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Roberto Alagna – Concert Gala
NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra
21.02
Sun.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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My Fair Lady
Wayne Marshall / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
05.03
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Bach – Complete Motets
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
14.03
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
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St Matthew Passion
 
21.03
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Lighthouse
Sitkovetsky / Leopoldinum / NFM Choir
16.04
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Road to Santiago
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
09.05
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
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Symphonie fantastique
L'Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège
23.05
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
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Previous concerts
ALL EVENTS
Mozart – Requiem
Jonathan Nott / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
06.11.2026
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Elijah
NFM Choir and Wrocław Baroque Orchestra Celebrate their 20th Anniversary
18.10.2026
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Waves at Play
Jerzy Maksymiuk
11.09.2026
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Samson et Dalila
Thomas Guggeis / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
03.09.2026
Thu.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Wrocław's Musical Paths - NFM Choir Season Finale
Lionel Sow / Jean-François Zygel / NFM Choir
23.06.2026
Tue.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Our Hope Is in Thee
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
10.05.2026
Sun.
6:00 PM
Wrocław, Aula Leopoldina
Fryderyk Festival Classical Music Gala 2026
 
24.04.2026
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
St John Passion
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
31.03.2026
Tue.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Between prayer and music
 
28.03.2026
Sat.
7:00 PM
Szczecin, Sala symfoniczna Filharmonii im. M. Karłowicza
Between prayer and music
 
27.03.2026
Fri.
7:00 PM
Szczecin, Sala symfoniczna Filharmonii im. M. Karłowicza
NOSPR / Manze / Bernhard / Foster-Williams / Requiem for the Human Soul
 
20.03.2026
Fri.
7:30 PM
Katowice, NOSPR Concert Hall
Vendado es Amor

Iberian Academy Finale

 
01.03.2026
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Van Gogh in Me
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
04.02.2026
Wed.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Stabat Mater
Paul McCreesh
30.01.2026
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Viva Handel!
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
23.01.2026
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Ordo Virtutum
Sofi Jeannin / NFM Choir
18.01.2026
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Wrocław University of Technology 80th Anniversary Concert
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
19.12.2025
Fri.
6:00 PM
Wrocław University of Technology Aula
The Planets
Bassem Akiki / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
28.11.2025
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Love of Love
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
05.10.2025
Sun.
7:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
NFM Choir in Frankfurt
 
26.09.2025
Fri.
8:00 PM
Germany, Frankfurt, Alte Oper, Großer Saal
NFM Choir in Bucharest
Giovanni Antonini / Il Giardino Armonico
13.09.2025
Sat.
10:30 PM
Romania, Bucharest, Ateneul Român
NFM Choir in Antwerp
Giovanni Antonini / Il Giardino Armonico
11.09.2025
Thu.
8:00 PM
Belgium, Antwerp, de Singel Blauwe zaal
Eternally Blooming
Martha Argerich / Charles Dutoit
09.09.2025
Tue.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
In Memory of a Great Man
Giovanni Antonini / Il Giardino Armonico
04.09.2025
Thu.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Songs of the Spirit
Lionel Sow / Vincent Warnier / TrombQuartet / NFM Choir
29.06.2025
Sun.
6:00 PM
Evangelical-Augsburg Church of Divine Providence
Te Deum pour Notre-Dame, Escaich
 
12.06.2025
Thu.
8:30 PM
katedra Notre Dame
Florilège choral
Lionel Sow / Jan Krzeszowiec / Éric Ruf / NFM Choir
10.06.2025
Tue.
8:30 PM
France, Paris, Oratoire du Louvre
Astralis
Concert
18.05.2025
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Depths of the Soul
Christoph Eschenbach
25.04.2025
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Seven Last Words from the Cross
Andrzej Kosendiak / NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
16.04.2025
Wed.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
NFM Choir
PWM Edition 80th Anniversary Celebrations
08.03.2025
Sat.
4:20 PM
NFM, foyer
NFM Choir
PWM Edition 80th Anniversary Celebrations
08.03.2025
Sat.
5:00 PM
NFM, foyer
NFM Choir
PWM Edition 80th Anniversary Celebrations
08.03.2025
Sat.
5:40 PM
NFM, foyer
Dialogue
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
09.02.2025
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Northern Light
Gary Graden / NFM Choir
19.01.2025
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
The Childhood of Christ
Paul McCreesh / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
20.12.2024
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Saint Nicolas Cantata
15th Anniversary of the NFM Boys' Choir
06.12.2024
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Resurrection
Thierry Fischer / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
08.11.2024
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
NFM Choir in Belgium
 
18.10.2024
Fri.
8:00 PM
Belgium, Antwerp, de Singel Blauwe zaal
In Shakespeare's Circle
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
13.10.2024
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Back to Future
NFM Choir and NFM Wrocław Philharmonic Season Opening
04.10.2024
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
New Beginnings
Christoph Eschenbach / NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
15.09.2024
Sun.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
NFM Choir at Berlioz Festival, France
 
31.08.2024
Sat.
5:00 PM
Kościół św. Andrzeja, La-Côte-Saint-André
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic and NFM Choir at Berlioz Festival, France
 
30.08.2024
Fri.
9:00 PM
dziedziniec zamku Ludwika XI, La-Côte-Saint-André
Her Voice
Closing of the NFM Choir Season
23.06.2024
Sun.
4:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Messa da Requiem
Giancarlo Guerrero
07.06.2024
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Annette Dasch / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
12.05.2024
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Between Worlds
Martina Batič / NFM Choir
28.04.2024
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
St Matthew Passion
Ian Bostridge / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
27.03.2024
Wed.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Lux perpetua
 
15.03.2024
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
La tombe de Rameau
French Academy Finale
03.03.2024
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Love Songs
Lutosławski Piano Duo / Chór NFM
28.01.2024
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Sibyl's Prophecies
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
10.12.2023
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Filharmonie Brno
Dennis Russell Davies / NFM Choir
03.11.2023
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Requiem
Andrzej Kosendiak / NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska
27.10.2023
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
United in Song
 
01.10.2023
Sun.
4:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
The Elements
Andreas Scholl / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
17.09.2023
Sun.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
The Seasons
Giovanni Antonini / Il Giardino Armonico
09.09.2023
Sat.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Trilogy. Closing of the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra and NFM Choir Season
Joseph Swensen / NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
17.06.2023
Sat.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
11.06.2023
Sun.
5:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
LOVE
NFM Choir & Electronics
21.05.2023
Sun.
7:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
From Dusk till Dawn
NFM Boys' Choir / Lutosławski Quartet
13.05.2023
Sat.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Immortal Bach
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
30.04.2023
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
W.A. Mozart – Requiem
Concert in memory of the victims of the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
24.02.2023
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Papillon de nuit
Mathieu Romano / NFM Choir
14.01.2023
Sat.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Christmas Oratorio
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
07.01.2023
Sat.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Christmas Oratorio
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra in Szczecin
06.01.2023
Fri.
7:00 PM
Sala symfoniczna Filharmonii im. M. Karłowicza
Celestial Bodies
Gidon Kremer / Giancarlo Guerrero
16.12.2022
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
The Voice of America
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
11.12.2022
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Faithful Journey
Aleksandra Kurzak / Jacek Kaspszyk
11.11.2022
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Bach Collegium Japan
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra / NFM Choir
30.10.2022
Sun.
5:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Ukrainian Sacred Music. Opening of the NFM Choir Season
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
23.10.2022
Sun.
7:00 PM
Orthodox Cathedral of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Star of Europe. A Concert Celebrating the Edith Stein Year
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
04.10.2022
Tue.
8:00 PM
Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Banganarti Hymns
NFM Wrocław Phiharmonic in Ostrava
21.09.2022
Wed.
6:00 PM
Czech Republic, Ostrava, Church of the Virgin Mary the Queen
Paradise
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
18.09.2022
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Banganarti Hymns
Norbert Twórczyński /NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
13.09.2022
Tue.
7:00 PM
Wrocław, Church of St Mary Magdalene, Polish National Catholic Cathedral
The Wheel of Venus
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
10.09.2022
Sat.
7:00 PM
Nysa, Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
The Wheel of Venus
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
09.09.2022
Fri.
7:00 PM
Środa Śląska, Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross
Star of Europe. A Concert Celebrating the Edith Stein Year
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
29.08.2022
Mon.
8:00 PM
Holandia, Echt, Sint-Landricuskerk
Star of Europe. A Concert Celebrating the Edith Stein Year
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
09.08.2022
Tue.
7:00 PM
Oświęcim, kościół św. Józefa
Star of Europe. A Concert Celebrating the Edith Stein Year
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
08.08.2022
Mon.
7:00 PM
Main Railway Station, Session Hall
Star of Europe. A Concert Celebrating the Edith Stein Year
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
07.08.2022
Sun.
4:30 PM
Lubliniec, kościół św. Stanisława
Star of Europe. A Concert Celebrating the Edith Stein Year
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
06.08.2022
Sat.
7:00 PM
Gliwice, Ruiny Teatru Victoria
Petite messe solennelle
Lionel Sow & NFM Choir
03.07.2022
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Song of the Night
Maria João Pires / Iwona Sobotka
22.06.2022
Wed.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Lord of Life
Benjamin Kirk / Chór NFM
15.05.2022
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Polychoral
Lionel Sow & NFM Choir
24.04.2022
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall, reversed stage
Dance of Death
Lionel Sow & NFM Choir
27.03.2022
Sun.
5:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Beauty of the Earth
 
11.03.2022
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Seven Last Words
J. Swensen / Leopoldinum
05.03.2022
Sat.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
The Wild Swans
Lionel Sow & NFM Choir
05.02.2022
Sat.
5:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Lionel Sow
Artistic Director of NFM Choir

Since 2011, when Lionel Sow took over running the Orchestre de Paris Chorus, he has developed a major training project in which pedagogy plays a pivotal role. His desire is not only to provide the Orchestre de Paris with a chorus capable of singing the choral repertoire with passion and talent, but also to enable young singers to be trained in a demanding environment. An academy, a chamber choir, a children's choir and a youth choir have been created between 2012 and 2015.

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Jack Apperley / fot. Łukasz Rajchert
Karol Knapiński
Preparation of NFM Choir

One of the most promising Polish choral conductors of the younger generation. A versatile musician with ties to Wrocław, he studied piano, choral conducting, and symphonic conducting at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music (under Professor Grzegorz Kurzyński, Professor Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, and Professor Mieczysław Gawroński) and at the University of Wrocław (Polish Philology). He has also studied and collaborated with universities in Tallinn, Turin, and Tbilisi.

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The ensemble
Sopranos

Agata Chodorek, Małgorzata Kątnik, Natalia Kiczyńska, Patrycja Kujawa, Agnieszka Niezgoda, Joanna Palac, Paulina Rogóż-Migacz, Agnieszka Ryman, Aleksandra Turalska, Violetta Wysocka-Marciniak

Altos

Bianka Maxim, Marta Mączewska, Aleksandra Michniewicz, Ewelina Nawrocka, Agata Ranz, Joanna Rot, Aleksandra Sosna, Ewelina Wojewoda, Ewa Wojtowicz, Magdalena Wolska, Boglárka Balla, Ewa Pieronkiewicz

Tenors

Jakub Bieszczad, Marek Belko, Adam Cieślak, Krzysztof Domański, Andrzej Górniak, Jarosław Kawałko, Łukasz Wilda, Marcin Winnicki, Paweł Zdebski

Basses

Maciej Adamczyk, Filip Chudzicki, Dawid Dubec, Marek Fras, Paweł Jan Frasz, Marek Paśko, Jan Pieter, Michał Pytlewski, Piotr Woroniecki, Grzegorz Zajączkowski

Personnel Manager

Aleksandra Turalska

Librarian

Marek Fras

 
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Dialoque
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
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Mille Affetti
Bruno de Sá / NFM Choir / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
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Dance of Death
Lionel Sow / NFM Choir
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Szymanowski
Iwona Sobotka / Giancarlo Guerrero / NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska
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Music of Trust
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny / Chór NFM
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Canticles of Light
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny / Chór NFM
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Światło zimowej nocy
Chór NFM / NFM Orkiestra Leopoldinum / Chór Chłopiecy NFM
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Witold Lutosławski. Opera Omnia 08. Kolędy
Aleksandra Kurzak / Chór NFM / NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska
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Beethoven. Symphony 9
Giovanni Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel, Chór NFM
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Ubi caritas
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De profundis
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, Chór NFM
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Mendelssohn. Elijah 1846
Paul McCreesh, Chór NFM
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Folk Love. Miłość na ludowo
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, Chór NFM
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Haydn. The Seasons 1801
Paul McCreesh, Chór NFM, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Witold Lutosławski | Opera Omnia 05
Jacek Kaspszyk, NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska
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Marcin Józef Żebrowski
Andrzej Kosendiak / Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Stanisław Moniuszko. Widma
Andrzej Kosendiak, Chór NFM, Chór Chłopięcy NFM, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
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Słowa dźwiękiem malowane
Chór NFM
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Benjamin Britten. War Requiem 1962
Paul McCreesh / Gabrieli Consort
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Hector Berlioz – Grande Messe des Morts 1837
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Players, NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska, Chetham’s School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble, Gabrieli Consort, Chór NFM
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