Festival of Madrigals

The theme of this year’s Forum Musicum will be the madrigal, a genre of vocal music that can surprise with variety of forms. It appeared in the works of the Italian ars nova era already in the 14th century and was characterised by virtuosity and the use of sophisticated poetic forms. In the 16th century, it flourished and evolved on the basis of polyphonic consort music. Its different styles developed over three different periods. Due to the strong links between music and text, the Mannerist madrigal of the late 16th century became an important field for the development of the Baroque style in vocal music. The first half of the 17th century brought a new shape, instruments and basso continuo accompaniment began to be used. Previously, only madrigals were arranged in cycles, but at the beginning of the Baroque, madrigal comedies emerged. During the festival, we will reach for this extraordinary wealth of the repertoire of past eras, and we will try to show the variety of the madrigal.

Loud Playing
Mini concerts in Wrocław's public space
11.08.2023
Fri.
5:00 PM
Wrocław's public spaces
Loud Playing
Mini concerts in Wrocław's public space
12.08.2023
Sat.
5:00 PM
Wrocław's public spaces
Godi Firenze. Rejoice, Florence
laReverdie
12.08.2023
Sat.
8:00 PM
Town Hall, Principal Room
Loud Playing
Mini concerts in Wrocław's public space
13.08.2023
Sun.
11:00 AM
Wrocław's public spaces
O tu chara sciença. O Music, My Dear Art
Music programme by laReverdie
13.08.2023
Sun.
1:00 PM
Wrocław, Ossolineum, Refectory
Pastoral Entertainment
Ars Cantus
19.08.2023
Sat.
7:00 PM
Wrocław, Oratorium Marianum
Renaissance Dances at Mleczarnia
Renaissance dances with show and training
19.08.2023
Sat.
9:00 PM
Mleczarnia Club & Cafe
Loud Playing: Ciaramella mia dolce – music of the 15th century
Mini concerts in Wrocław's public space
25.08.2023
Fri.
5:00 PM
Wrocław's public spaces
Loud Playing: Ciaramella mia dolce – music of the 15th century
Mini concerts in Wrocław's public space
26.08.2023
Sat.
5:00 PM
Wrocław's public spaces
Occhi belli, occhi crudeli
Ensemble del Passato
26.08.2023
Sat.
8:00 PM
Wrocław, Mauzoleum Piastów Śląskich
The Dances of the Graceful Phyllis. Old Dances Workshop
Ensemble del Passato
27.08.2023
Sun.
11:00 AM
NFM, Black Hall
Festival of Madrigals
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