Poland. David's harp

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Programm: 

Mikolaj Gomolka (1535 – 1591) : Melodiæ Ná Psalterz Polski (1580)

Adam Jarzebski (1590 – 1648 ?): Canzoni e concerti à 2,3, 4 strumenti (1627 ?)

Kaspar Forster j. (1616 – 1673): Sacrae cantiones à 3,4, & 5 vocum / Triosonate in G-dur

Marcin Mielczewski (1600? – 1651): Deus in nomine tuo, Concerto à 4

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Ensemble Ad Fontes:
Anne Simone Aeberhard (recorders) – Mojca Gal (violin) – Bruno Hurtado Gosálvez (viol) – Stefan Beltinger (organ) – Charlotte Nachtsheim (soprano, harp) – Julian Schmidlin (alto) – Sebastian Mattmüller (bass)

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This programme presents Polish court music from the 16th and 17th centuries, including the Melodiæ Ná Psalterz Polski (1580), a musical setting of Jan Kochanowski’s Psalterz Dawidów. This significant vocal music collection translates psalms from the Old Testament into Polish, though in the form of classical poetry.

A century later, Adam Jarzębski (1590 – c.1648) created the first extensive collection of instrumental music in Poland, some of which carries a spiritual character, though without accompanying texts. His literary work Gościniec, albo krótkie opisanie Warszawy (1643) offers valuable insights into the customs and musical life of Warsaw.

Polish music reveals a fusion of Italian influences and local traditions, as reflected in the works of Marcin Mielczewski (c.1600–1651), who at times incorporated folk melodies—among them the earliest recorded mazurka.