XXI MFM Mozartiana - Final Concert

22.08.2025 (Saturday), 20:30
Archikatedra Oliwska, ul. Biskupa E. Nowickiego 5

The final concert of the XXI International Mozart Festival Mozartiana will close this year's festival edition, held 16-22 August 2025. The festival is organized by Polski Chór Kameralny, an artistic institution of the City of Gdańsk.

The evening programme features Missa ex D by Józef Zeidler and Vesperae solennes de Dominica KV 321 by Mozart, interspersed with Gregorian chant. The soloists are Carolyn Sampson (soprano), James Laing (alto), Garrett Evers (tenor) and Wojtek Gierlach (bass), accompanied by Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Schola Gregoriana Cardinalis Stephani Wyszyński (Michał Sławecki - magister chori) and Polski Chór Kameralny conducted by Jan Łukaszewski.

PROGRAMME

Introitus Loquebar de testimoniis tuis - Graduale Romanum - Gregorian chant
Józef Zeidler (1744-1806): Missa ex D
Benedicamus Domino - Gregorian chant
Responsorium Stirps Yesse - Gregorian chant
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Vesperae solennes de Dominica KV 321

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Carolyn Sampson (soprano) moves with equal ease between opera and concert stages, achieving success both in Britain and worldwide. In the 2023/24 season, her hundredth solo album was released - a testament to the artist's versatility and the breadth of her repertoire over twenty-five years of career. That same year she received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King's New Year Honours List, was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, and won the Gramophone Artist of the Year award.

On the opera stage she has appeared at English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Berliner Staatsoper, Scottish Opera and Opéra de Paris. Her debut at Berliner Staatsoper in the role of Créuse in Charpentier's Médée (directed by Peter Sellars, conducted by Simon Rattle) was a particularly significant event in her career. She regularly performs at BBC Proms and collaborates with orchestras.