On Thursday 14 April at 20:00, the church Notre-Dame de la Chapelle will host a concert bringing together the Polish choir Domino Cantes and the Flemish choir Het Iepers Kamerkoor, accompanied by soloist Irène CARPENTIER.

The concert coincides with the ceremonies being held to mark the 1050th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland – find out more HERE  

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 
>>> Church Notre-Dame de la Chapelle (Place de la Chapelle, 1000 Brussels) – see map  
>>> Thursday 14 April 2016 – 20:00 
>>> Free entrance 

PROGRAMME

Domino Cantes
Bogurodzica
Jakub Lubelczyk (16c.) – Wesel się tej to chwile
Anonymous (15c.) – Pan Bóg wszechmogący
Bartłomiej Pękiel (? – 1670) – Magnum Nomen Domini
Anonymous – Nużmy dziś krześcijani
Wacław z Szamotuł (~1524–~1560) – Alleluja chwalcie Pana Boga
Wacław z Szamotuł (~1524–~1560) – Już się zmierzka
Mikołaj Gomółka (1535-1591) – Nieście chwałę (lyrics – Jan Kochanowski)
Mikołaj Gomółka (1535-1591) – Mój wiekuisty Pasterz (lyrics – Jan Kochanowski)
Józef Świder (1930-2014) – Modlitwa do Bogarodzicy (lyrics – K. K. Baczyński)

Het Iepers Kamerkoor
Charles Hubert Parry (1848-1918) – You gentle nymhs (from Eight fourpart songs)
Charles Hubert Parry (1848-1918) – Home of my heart (from Eight fourpart songs)
Charles Hubert Parry (1848-1918) – Come pretty wag, and sing (from Eight fourpart songs)
Morten Lauridsen (1943) – Contre qui, rose (from Chansons des roses)
Renaat Veremans (1894-1969) – Schoone Nacht

Het Iepers Kamerkoor with soloist Irene Carpentier
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) – The blue Bird
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) – The turtle dove
Eriks Ešenvalds (1977) – Only in sleep
Simon Carrington (1942) – O my love is like a red, red rose

Domino Cantes & Het Iepers Kamerkoor
Maurice Duruflé – Ubi Caritas
Teofil Klonowski – Gaude Mater Polonia

This year, Poland is marking the 1050^th anniversary of its baptism. This anniversary does not just commemorate the historical event which took place in 966 and which marked the beginning of the history of the Catholic Church on Polish soil and consequently, the birth of the Polish State. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the consequences of this fact for modern and future times.
The key ceremonies will take place on 14 April in Gniezno, site of the first Polish archbishopric, and on 15 and 16 April in Poznan. On the 16 April, Poznan’s Inea stadium will host an Anniversary Liturgical Ceremony entitled ‘Where there is baptism, there is hope’. One of the major events taking place to mark the anniversary of the Baptism of Poland will be the pilgrimage made by Pope Francis to Poland (from 28 until 31 July) as part of the World Youth Days (26-31 July).
This anniversary is not uniquely religious: there are a large number of academic conferences, exhibitions, concerts and educational activities taking place alongside the religious events.