Chamber concert ”Wine, women and song. Songs of Colin Muset”

COLIN MUSET
One of medieval France’s most famous and performed trouvrees – poets and singers. He lived in the mid-13th century on the border of Champagne, Burgundy and Lorraine. He left behind a number of songs, mostly preserved with musical notations, in which he invariably returns to the theme of fun, carefree feasting and wandering around castles in search of a good “sponsor”. He usually puts a personal “signature” in them – exposing himself, his name and his nickname. Thus, in literary terms, he was the ancestor of Villon, Pantagruel and Colas Bregnon – but being older than them, he is the first of the French poets who gave their work such a characteristic aura of self-irony and love of “women, wine and songs”. Since other sources are silent about him, information about his life and work must be obtained from the works themselves. This is what Gaston Paris, one of the classic scholars of ancient French literature, did: Colin Muset was undoubtedly a professional singer. He spent the winter like a proper townsman with his wife and daughter, in a house where there was no shortage of comforts, where there was both a servant and a maid; and when spring came, he mounted his horse loaded with saddlebags, put his goose and bow on his back, and wandered among the castles to entertain great lords and ladies. He certainly played various songs for them, songs about great deeds and love songs, tribudels and pastorels . But he wove his songs between them, which gave him a high rank among minstrels. The complete works of Colin Museta in Polish language versions were released on the album of Klub Św. Ludwika in December 2022

JACEK KOWALSKI
Songwriter, Sarmatian, art historian, lover of Old Polish poetry and translator of Old French poetry. He sings his own songs about old times and his own translations of songs from old times. He performs with the following ensembles: Monogramista JK (classical instruments) and Klub Świętego Ludwika (old instruments). He has published several dozen books, records, and popular and scientific publications about old Poland and old France’s culture, art and literature.

AGNIESZKA OBST–CHWAŁA
Violinist and fidelist, founder and artistic director of the Early Music Ensemble Sabionetta, operating since 2004. Since 1989, associated with the Zamość Early Music Ensemble Capella all' Antico. He cooperates with many Early Music ensembles: Ars Cantus, Dekameron, La Tempesta, Ars Nova, Il Tempo, Klub św. Ludwika, Alta, Narol Baroque Early Instruments Ensemble and with early dance groups. He also performs with folklore and folk bands, including: with the band Swoja Drogą and ZPiT "Zamojszczyzna". She has recorded many albums with early music, folk music and music written for theater performances. He is one of the founders and board member of the Early Music Circle, operating since 2010 at the Main Board of the Association of Polish Art Musicians in Warsaw.

TOMASZ DOBRZAŃSKI
A musician who plays old and modern wind and plucked instruments, contemporary and historical. He manages the Wrocław band Ars Cantus, which has prepared numerous recordings of unknown Wrocław and Silesian music. He also performs as a soloist. Author and co-creator of numerous recordings and publications as well as musical arrangements of dance and theater performances. Artistic director of the Forum Musicum Early Music Festival in Wrocław. Builder of ancient instruments. Educator and popularizer of early music.

JAN KIERNICKI
A musician who plays the lute, arch-lute, medieval guitar and hurdy-gurdy. He sings medieval liturgical monody and Renaissance polyphony, improving in these areas primarily under the guidance of Marcel Pérès from France. He is the founder and artistic director of the Lúthien Consort. He performs at concerts and festivals in Poland and abroad - in Lithuania, Italy, the Czech Republic, France and Belgium, with the bands Jericho, Klub św. Ludwik, Ania Broda, Maria Klich, Morgaine, Jacek Hałas and Camino Polaco. Organizer of the annual early music festival Poznań Katharsis Festival.

JACEK MUZIOŁ
Drummer musician collaborating with various artistic institutions (including NFM Wrocław). Founder and artistic director of the Repercussion percussion group and the originator and organizer of the Drumbattle Rhythm Festival. He uses his artistic experience in working with young people as a percussion teacher at the Music School Complex in Legnica and the Primary School No. 2 in Wrocław. In 2011, together with a group of Wrocław drummers, he established the Repercussion Foundation, which initiates many cultural projects, including running the Drumlinic drum school.