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.
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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.
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).
Our Concerts
Kobayashi Plays Chopin
Jarosław Thiel / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
17.01
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Avdeeva Plays Chopin
Jarosław Thiel / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
30.01
Thu.
8:00 PM
France, Paris, La Seine Musicale
Marc Minkowski – St John Passion
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
13.04
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Schumann
Jarosław Thiel / Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
20.06
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, Main Hall
Our Recordings
Johann David Heinichen – Dresden Vespers
Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa, Ensemble Polyharmonique
Józef Elsner – Trois quatuors du meilleur goût polonois op. 1
Mikołaj Zgółka, Zbigniew Pilch, Dominik Dębski, Jarosław Thiel
17th-Century Sacred Music in Wrocław
Gli Angeli Genève, Concerto Palatino, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa, Stephan MacLeod
A.M. Bononcini.La decollazione di San Giovanni Battista
Andrzej Kosendiak. Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
Stanisław Moniuszko. Widma
Andrzej Kosendiak, Chór NFM, Chór Chłopięcy NFM, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
Koželuh, Rejcha, Voríšek. Symphonies
Jarosław Thiel, Wrocławska Orkiestra Barokowa
Moniuszko. Litanie Ostrobramskie
Jacek Kaspszyk, Chór Polskiego Radia, Wrocławska Orkietra Barokowa
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
Our other ensembles
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
West Side Sinfonietta
NFM Choir
NFM Boys' Choir
NFM Girls' Choir
Lutosławski Quartet
LutosAir Quintet
Polish Cello Quartet