photo: Łukasz Rajchert

NFM Wrocław Baroque Orchestra was found by Andrzej Kosendiak, General Director of Wroclaw Philharmonic, and made its debut in October 2006. The ensemble is Poland's only philharmonic orchestra performing on period instruments. Its repertoire ranges from the early Baroque to early Romanticism, from chamber music to large-scale vocal-instrumental works. The orchestra runs its own publicly acclaimed concert series in the splendid Oratorium Marianum - Wrocław University Music Hall.

The orchestra's high artistic standards have been recognised by music critics and institutions, which resulted in regular invitations to perform at prestigious festivals in Poland and throughout Europe (International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival,  RheinVokal Festival, Uckermärkische Musikwochen, International Mozartiana Festival, Janaček Festival, Le Quattro, Mazovia Goes Baroque, Poznań Baroque), make radio broadcasts, CD recordings, as well as appear with leading Polish choirs. Wrocław Baroque Orchestra has also played with the world's greatest early music celebrities; the orchestra's guests include such eminent conductors and soloists as Jaap ter Linden, Paul McCreesh, Peter Van Heyghen, Andreas Spering, Christian Curnyn,  Benjamin Bayl, Simone Kermes, Olga Pasichnyk, Renata Pokupič, Nicholas Mulroy, Daniel Taylor, Barbara Maria Willi, Cantus Cölln, and the Metropolitan Opera star Aleksandra Kurzak. The cellist Jarosław Thiel has been the orchestra's artistic director from the beginning of its activity in 2006.

The Orchestra's first album featuring symphonies by the Czech classics: Kořeluch, Rejcha and Voríšek, was twice nominated for the Fryderyk Award of the Polish record industry for 2010 and won it as Debut Recording. Secound CD with Haydn’s Symphonies ‘Le matin, Le midi, Le soir’ was reliesed in 2011. The orchestra has also recorded Mozart Concert Arias with Olga Pasichnyk and is planning to relies the CD in 2012.

photo: Łukasz Rajchert

Reviews:

The performance went on so well because of lively, energetic and very homogeny sound of Polish orchestra, full of fantasy basso continuo and other soloists that appeared high level of their practice.

NFM – Wrocław Baroque Orchestra is our neighbour’s only philharmonic orchestra performing on period instruments. Under direction of the cellist Jarosław Thiel, 16 musicians of the orchestra created the highest level of expressive and even pleasing interpretation.

Haydn’s Le matin, Le midi, Le soir in the recording of Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Poland's only philharmonic orchestra performing on period instruments (...). WBO is trying to recreate size of the ensemble that Haydn was working with in 1761 in Einsenstadt. Symphonies are played in very elegant way and seducing with meticulous leading of the each instrument’s part. It is Haydn performed with high culture and great consciousness of the époque style. Sometimes even humorous.

The ensemble, led by Jarosław Thiel, takes full advantage of the colour possibilities of these [historical] instruments. Thanks to their precision, attention to details and spirited performances, they created engaging, impressive, sometimes - moving interpretations. The CD [...] proves the high performance standards achieved by Wrocław Baroque Orchestra, an ensemble well prepared to perform the most demanding baroque, classical and early romantic repertoires.

Listen to Wrocław Baroque Orchestra:

Leopold Koželuh - Symphony C-dur Poštolka I:6, Poco Adagio - Allegro - ACD 148
(mp3, 4,36 Mb)

Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek - Symphony D-dur, Scherzo. Allegro ma non troppo - ACD 148  (mp3, 2,06 Mb)

CD Accord ACD 148

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Manager:

Oliwia Grela tel.: +48 71 | 330 52 13 FAX +48 71 | 330 52 12 oliwia.grela@filharmonia.wroclaw.pl