Beginning on August 17, six consecutive Sundays will be devoted to chamber and organ music presented in the historical skansen of manor houses and churches around the Wygiełzowo-Lipowiec Natural Park. Artists from Poland, Belarus, Germany and Italy are featured in a number of performances, including a concert version of excerpts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, vocal music from Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, and the Middle East presented by the Male Vocal Ensemble Kairos, a recital by the Polish Cello Quartet, and appearances by the Ensemble Musaicum, the Kraków Reed Trio, and others. The Festival’s closing concert, “Angels and Demons” on September 21, will present music by Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Rachmaninov, Gounod, and Bellini, among others.

See the full program at www.mnpe.pl.

[Sources: polmic.pl, mnpe.pl]