Musica sacromontana Silesian Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Silesia & Michał Klauza

• Józef Zeidler (1744 - 1806): Veni Creator:
• 1Zeidler: Veni Creator08:14
• Offertorium de Beata Virgine Maria "Omni die dic Mariae":
• 2Zeidler: Offertorium de Beata Virgine Maria "Omni die dic Mariae"02:26
• Litania de Beata Virgine Maria:
• 3Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: I. Kyrie eleison04:37
• 4Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: II. Mater inviolata02:25
• 5Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: III. Speculum iustitiae01:30
• 6Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: IV. Turris davidica04:49
• 7Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: V. Refugium peccatorum02:58
• 8Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: VI. Regina angelorum02:53
• 9Zeidler: Litania de Beata Virgine Maria: VII. Agnus Dei02:28
• Total Runtime32:20

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This new release presents the liturgical choral works of Jozef Zeidler. Ziedler is often overlooked in today's musical landscape and is not well-known by many today, but is one of the the most interesting composers associated with Polish Classicism.

Through the late 18th century, Zeidler was associated with Swieta Gora in Greater Poland, where a church ensemble operated in the monastery of Oratorian Fathers. The composer provided the ensemble with his religious and liturgical compositions. This was by no means a provincial creation Zeidler was inspired, among others, by Mozart's operas, which testifies to his open and modern approach to the compositional art.

This album presents three of these liturgical compositions: Veni Creator for soprano, choir and orchestra (including 2 flutes, 2 trumpets, strings, organ), an excerpt from Offertorium Missae alto aria Omni die dic Marie accompanied by flute, strings and organ and an extremely interesting arrangement of The Litany of Loreto for a four-voice vocal ensemble accompanied by 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings and organ. Zeidler's com-positions are performed here by the Silesian Chamber Orchestra and the Katowice City Singers' Ensemble Camerata Silesia. The ensemble is led by conductor Michal Klauza.

Polish conductor Michal Klauza is Artistic Director of the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw and Music Director of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Bialystok. Klauza studied at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw and with Ilya Musin at the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory. He joined Polish National Opera in 1998 and there conducted a range of operas and ballets. He has conducted orchestras including Sinfonia Varsovia, the Russian State Philiharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. From 2005 to 2008 he was Associate Conductor for Welsh National Opera, with whom he conducted many operas and concerts. He has been Associate Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra since 2009, and Artistic Director of the Polish Radio Orchestra since 2015.

Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singer's Ensemble
Silesian Chamber Orchestra
Michal Klauza, conductor

Michal Klauza
s Artistic Director of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2013-2015 he served as Music Director of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Białystok, where, in addition to regular symphonic concerts he prepared several opera productions (Verdi’sLa Traviata, Mozart’s Die Zauberfloete, Bizet’s Carmen). He also worked as Associate Conductor of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (2009-2015). In 2004-2008 he served as Associate Conductor of the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, where he prepared and conducted Carmen, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff (with Bryn Terfel in the title role), Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s La Boheme, and Lehar’s The Merry Widow (recorded for the BBC).

In July 2015 he conducted a world premiere concert version of Zaid Jabri new opera City of Salt at Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London.

In December 2011, he conducted Szymanowski’s King Roger with the National Ukrainian Opera in Kiev as the closing event of the cultural programme of Poland’s presidency in the European Council.

He has worked as guest conductor with numerous orchestras in Poland and abroad, including the Warsaw Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, most of Polish symphony orchestras, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Orchestre National Capitole de Toulouse, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Philharmonic. Foreign tours have also taken him to France, Germany, Switzerland (a gala concert in tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich, with Ivan Monighetti, Sol Gabetta and Misha Maisky), Great Britain, Armenia, Italy, South Korea and the Persian Gulf countries. He has worked closely with the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk (Strauss’s Salome and Mozart’s Die Zauberfloete, Shostakovich/Meyer The Gamblers, Fleichman’sRotschild’s Violin) and the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz (Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust), Poznań Opera (Aida).

Earlier in his career, in 1998-2003, he worked at the National Opera in Warsaw. He has made numerous recordings for radio and television, including the first ever recording of Szymanowski’s operetta - Lottery for a Husband (with the National Polish Radio SO) and live recording of King Roger (with Warsaw’s National Opera).

Michał Klauza is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw, where he studied conducting with Ryszard Dudek. He developed his skills as a postgraduate student of Ilya Musin at the Rimski-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg and at international courses given by Kurt Redel (Rome, 1996) and Valery Gergiev (Rotterdam, 1997).

He pursues a teaching career as a member of faculty of the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, where he also serves as Director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra.

Michał Klauza is Artistic Director of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2013-2015 he served as Music Director of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic in Białystok, where, in addition to regular symphonic concerts he prepared several opera productions (Verdi’sLa Traviata, Mozart’s Die Zauberfloete, Bizet’s Carmen). He also worked as Associate Conductor of the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice (2009-2015). In 2004-2008 he served as Associate Conductor of the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, where he prepared and conducted Carmen, Verdi’s Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Aida, Otello, and Falstaff (with Bryn Terfel in the title role), Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Puccini’s La Boheme, and Lehar’s The Merry Widow (recorded for the BBC).

In July 2015 he conducted a world premiere concert version of Zaid Jabri new opera City of Salt at Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London.

In December 2011, he conducted Szymanowski’s King Roger with the National Ukrainian Opera in Kiev as the closing event of the cultural programme of Poland’s presidency in the European Council.

He has worked as guest conductor with numerous orchestras in Poland and abroad, including the Warsaw Philharmonic, Sinfonia Varsovia, most of Polish symphony orchestras, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Orchestre National Capitole de Toulouse, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation and the Moscow Philharmonic. Foreign tours have also taken him to France, Germany, Switzerland (a gala concert in tribute to Mstislav Rostropovich, with Ivan Monighetti, Sol Gabetta and Misha Maisky), Great Britain, Armenia, Italy, South Korea and the Persian Gulf countries. He has worked closely with the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk (Strauss’s Salome and Mozart’s Die Zauberfloete, Shostakovich/Meyer The Gamblers, Fleichman’sRotschild’s Violin) and the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz (Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust), Poznań Opera (Aida).

Earlier in his career, in 1998-2003, he worked at the National Opera in Warsaw. He has made numerous recordings for radio and television, including the first ever recording of Szymanowski’s operetta - Lottery for a Husband (with the National Polish Radio SO) and live recording of King Roger (with Warsaw’s National Opera).

Michał Klauza is a graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw, where he studied conducting with Ryszard Dudek. He developed his skills as a postgraduate student of Ilya Musin at the Rimski-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg and at international courses given by Kurt Redel (Rome, 1996) and Valery Gergiev (Rotterdam, 1997).

He pursues a teaching career as a member of faculty of the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice, where he also serves as Director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra.

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