Urszula Stawicka & Consortium Sedinum
Biography Urszula Stawicka & Consortium Sedinum
Consortium Sedinum
was established in 2000 in Szczecin and refers to the music traditions of the historical region of Pomerania. The group continues the artistic work of the University Baroque Orchestra Consortium Iagellonicum, which functioned in 1993-2000 at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Consortium Sedinum is made up of different musicians who play historical instruments and specialize in Historically Informed Performance Practice, depending on the repertoire, which spans from the Renaissance to Classicism. Urszula Stawicka, who plays the harpsichord and organs, is the artistic director of the group. A special place in the group’s repertoire is taken by the works of composers connected with the House of Griffins and the Szczecin Cantata School. The group uses unconventional forms of presenting music during the series of concerts: Muzyka na dworach Europy (Music at the European Courts) and Regaty Barokowe (the Baroque Regatta), combining the early music with historical dance. Vivid thematic shows connected to the most important centres of the European courtly art have become popular in Poland and abroad. The group cooperates with renowned soloists and groups and has played a number of concerts and festivals, including: UsedomerMusifestival, UckermarkischeMusikwochen, Hohenlocher Kultursommer Festival, the Early Music Festival in Stary Sącz, the Bach Festival in Gliwice, the Circles of Art in Cieszyn, the CracoviaDanza Festival, the Bach Days in Kraków, Forum Musicum in Wrocław and the International Early Music Festival in Lwów. Consortium Sedinum has also initiated and organized for the first time the Szczecin Early Music Festival. Since 2006 the group has participated in a project whose aim is to publish and record music documents from the Archives of the Monastery of Pauline Fathers at Jasna Góra. The album from the series Vitae Pomeranorum – The Lost World of Pomeranian Music features the premiere recordings of the chamber music of J. Vierdanek, V. Meder, T.A. Volckmar and J. Fischer – the Pomeranian composers of the 17th century and marks the 15 years of Consortium Sedinum. It was recorded with the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Szczecin.
