Concert in Memory Polish Composer Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

🎼 From Baroque Masterpieces to Modern Polish Music

Evening Concert by the Chamber Orchestra of the University of the Commission of National Education in Kraków

📅 Friday, 21 August 2026
🕕 6:00 pm
📍 St Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford

🎟️ Free admission (booking required)

Advance booking is strongly recommended as seating is limited.

Join us at 6:00 pm at St Michael at the North Gate Church, Oxford for a special evening concert by the Chamber Orchestra of the University of the Commission of National Education in Kraków.

The programme brings together European Baroque music by Rameau and Vivaldi with works by Polish composers Feliks Janiewicz, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Tadeusz Baird and Wojciech Kilar.

Discover Feliks Janiewicz (1762–1848), a Polish violin virtuoso and composer with strong connections to British musical life, hear Baird's music inspired by William Shakespeare, and experience the energy of Kilar's Orawa.

A wonderful opportunity to discover Polish classical music in the heart of Oxford.

Programme

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes galantes

Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for Two Violins in A minor

Feliks Janiewicz
Violin Concerto No. 5 in E minor

Mieczysław Karłowicz
Five Songs

• Na spokojnym, ciemnym morzu
• Rdzawe liście
• Skąd pierwsze gwiazdy
• Pamiętam ciche, jasne, złote dnie
• Z nową wiosną

Tadeusz Baird

Four Love Songs to Texts by William Shakespeare

Wojciech Kilar

Orawa

Arrangements by I. Boczek and Dr Małgorzata Tęczyńska-Kęska.

Performers

Chamber Orchestra of the University of the Commission of National Education in Kraków

Conductor

Dr Małgorzata Tęczyńska-Kęska

Soloists

• Agnieszka Kucała – Violin

• Anna Prucnal – Violin

• Iga Nęcka – Soprano

• Paweł Żurawski – Tenor

About the Orchestra

Founded in 2005, the Chamber Orchestra of the University of the Commission of National Education in Kraków has established itself as one of Poland's most active and internationally recognised university ensembles.

The orchestra brings together outstanding young musicians from Kraków and performs a wide-ranging repertoire including Baroque, Classical, Romantic, contemporary, film and popular music.

Each year the orchestra presents around 13 artistic projects, including international tours, educational initiatives and collaborative performances.

The ensemble has performed throughout France, Spain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, promoting Polish music and culture to international audiences.

Its recordings include:

• Bach – Marcello – Telemann – Vivaldi

• Dancing Ends

• Reminiscencje

Why You Shouldn't Miss This Concert

✔ Oxford debut of one of Poland's leading university orchestras

✔ Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Feliks Janiewicz

✔ Discover some of Poland's finest composers

✔ A unique programme featuring music inspired by William Shakespeare

✔ Experience an unforgettable evening of live classical music in the heart of Oxford