Youth Choir “Canto” School of Music Czesław Niemen from Wloclawek
Włocławek, Poland
Marian Szczepanski - conductor
Competition Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Pado Dysc / It’s Raining | Stanislaw Wiechowicz (1893-1963) | Folk |
| Kryste dniu naszej światlosci / Christ day of our light | Waclaw z Szamotul (1526-1560) | Mikolaj Rey (1505-1569) |
| Humoreska | Zivko Firfov (1906-1984) | Bogdan Bobik |
| Crux Fidelis / Saint Cross | Jacek Kujawski (b. 1988) | Liturgical text |
| Glory Glory Hallelujah | Negro Spirituals, arr. Sam Davis | Negro Spirituals |
Sacred Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Kyrie | Piotr Janczak (b. 1972) | Liturgical |
| Kryste dniu naszej światlosci / Christ day of our light | Waclaw z Szamotul (1526-1560) | Mikolaj Rey (1505-1569) |
| Crux Fidelis | Jacek Kujawski (b. 1988) | Bogdan Bobik |
| Crux Fidelis / Saint Cross | Jacek Kujawski | Liturgical text |
| Zdrowaś Krolewno Wyborna | Andrzej Koszewski (b. 1922) | Anonymous |
Youth choir “Canto” from Music Schools named after Czeslaw Niemen was founded in 1991. In the repertoire of the choir there is: old-time, contemporary, religious, and folk music.
“Canto” has won numerous prizes in national and international contests including: 1st place in “Cantate Domino” National Choir Festival in Cracow (2006, 2007) and “Ars Liturgica” National Festival in Gniezno (2010), 1st place in International Choir Festival in Kiten, Bulgaria (2011), 1st place in International Choir Festival in Ejszyszki, Lithuania (2012).
Marian Szczepanski was born in 1957 in Krajenka. He has studied Higher Pedagogical School in Bydgoszcz and postgraduate Music Academy "Feliks Nowowiejski" in Bydgoszcz. His specialization was choir conducting.
Wloclawek is situated by Wistula river. It has 120,000 citizens, and it is the capital city of Kujawy region. Frideric Chopin, when he was a child, visited the region where he was inspirated for many of his Mazurkas from this region.
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