Choir of the Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Bydgoszcz, Poland
Janusz Stanecki - conductor and artistic manager
Marta Ronek-Koślińska - conductor's assistant
Competition Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Regina coeli laetare / Queen of heaven, rejoice | Romuald Twardowski (b. 1930) | Traditional Latin antiphon |
| Viderunt omnes fines terrae / All the ends of the Earth have seen | Mikołaj Zieleński (ca1550-ca1616) | Traditional Gregorian |
| Swiatyj Boże / Holy God | Piotr Czajkowski (1840-1893) | Traditional Eastern orthodox |
| Bogoroditse Dievo radujsia / Holy Virgin rejoice | Arvo Part (b. 1935) | Traditional Eastern orthodox |
| Hora Ali | Emil Cossetto (1918-2006) | Nathan Alterman (1910-1970) |
| Makedonska humoreska / Macedonian humoresque | Todor Skalovski (1909-2004) | Todor Skalovski (1909-2004) |
| Pado dysc / The rain is falling | Stanisław Wiechowicz (1893-1963) | Traditional Polish folk |
Folk Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Mazur / Mazurka | Piotr Maszyński (1855-1934) | Piotr Maszyński (1855-1934) |
| Hora Ali | Emil Cossetto (1918-2006) | Nathan Alterman (1910-1970) |
| La cucaracha / The cockroach | Traditional Mexican | Traditional Mexican |
| Pado dysc / The rain is falling | Stanisław Wiechowicz (1893-1963) | Traditional Polish folk |
| Con el vito | Enrique Fabrez (b. 1926) | Traditional Spanish |
Sacred Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Tristis est anima mea / Sorrowful is my soul | Juozas Naujalis(1869-1934) | Biblical |
| Ave Maria | Javier Busto (b. 1949) | Biblical |
| Salve Regina / Hail Holy Queen | Lars Jansson (b. 1951), arr. Gunnar Eriksson (b. 1936) | Traditional Latin antiphon |
| Signore delle cime / Lord of the peaks | Bepi de Marzi (b. 1935) | Bepi de Marzi (b. 1935) |
The Choir of the Collegium Medicum was established in 1985. During the first four years the Choir was a small vocal group managed by Halina Wieczór. From 1989 to present, the conductor and artistic manager has been professor Janusz Stanecki. In the last year the choir celebrated his 27th anniversary. During this period, the group competed in many international and local artistic events. The choir consists of about 40 members (students, graduates and University workers).
Professor Janusz Stanecki is a graduate of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. He completed Postgraduate Choirmasters’ College with first class honors. Professor Stanecki has been working with choral groups since 1982, and since 1989 with Choir of The Collegium Medicum. Professor Stanecki is an activist, organizer and juror in many international choral and conducting contests. He received many individual prizes for artistic and organizing achievements. In 1999 he received the title of Professor of Music Arts from the President of the Republic of Poland, and the Silver Merit's Cross.
Marta Ronek-Koślińska, the conductor's assistant studied music theory and choral conducting at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, in prof. Janusz Stanecki’s class. She completed with honors in the Postgraduate Choir Conducting Programme of Study. After graduation she took the job of a teaching assistant at her home university. Since 2010 she has been working with Collegium Medicum Choir.
Bydgoszcz is the capital of the kujawsko-pomorskie county, a city with three state universities and sixteen other universities and colleges. Since the time the city was granted municipal rights by king Casmir the Great in 1346, it has grown to the rank of a dynamically developing economic centre. Nowadays it is important cultural, trade and scientific centre of whole Kujavian and Pomeranian region.
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