Pohlnische Capelle

The international research and performance project is based on authentic historical premises dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries.

At that time, during the personal union between Saxony and the Kingdom of Poland, the best and most distinguished court ensemble of the time was created: the Dresdner Hofkapelle. Personified by the figure of King August II, and next by August III, the union with Poland necessitated the functioning of two royal courts – in Dresden and Warsaw, and outstanding musicians travelled with the royal entourage. The ensemble that performed in Warsaw at the time and collaborated with Polish musicians was called Pohlnische Capelle. It also involved many other foreign performers in line with the prevailing European cosmopolitan trend.



The ensemble’s activity is well documented and allows for an accurate recreation of its profile. Nowadays, we have a lot of research materials that allow us to re-enact the way the band worked and analyse specific artistic events that took place 300 years ago. Having these premises, we decided to reactivate the ensemble today, reflecting the profile of its historical activities in a very accurate manner. The main cultural and social idea was set as the most important starting point: the band consists of musicians from Germany and Poland. The core of the band is Michaelis Consort from Leipzig and the Polish string quartet Musicarius. Both projects have been successfully operating on the early music stage for years. In addition, musicians from Italy and France collaborate with the Capelle – exactly as it happened centuries ago. Nova Capella Polska or Neue Pohlnische Capelle – as it is today called – has brought off several achievements. Successful with both listeners and musicians, two tours took place in 2014 and 2015 in Poland and Germany. A fruitful collaboration has been established with Leipziger Kammerchor and brought several undertakings in Germany. The band has recreated and brought back to concert life interesting and unjustly forgotten works of Heinichen, Caldara and Harrer. Heinichen's Mass in A major was performed and recorded for the first time in the history of music and phonography. This activity is associated with in-depth research and musicological studies – the musicians collaborate with many eminent personalities of the world of science: Prof Barbara Weirmann (Berlin / Dresden), Prof Alina Żórawska-Witkowska (Warsaw), Prof Gerhard Poppe (Dresden). Their support resulted in organizing a research conference at the I. J. Paderewski Music Academy in Poznań, which brought together performance and musicological communities in academia. The talks of scholars from Warsaw, New York, Dresden and Poznań were the first ever comprehensive undertaking in the history of musicology and historical performance in Poland. This project also gained its practical and educational dimension: workshops for pupils and students were organized in Pirna, Magdeburg and Poznań. In this way, the forgotten idea of ​​Pohlnische Capelle is also propagated among younger generations of musicians.


Concerts


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