INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE Region IN TORUŃ

The season of Lent traditionally has an excellent musical setting in our region. This time, Marshal Piotr Całbecki invited audiences to two classical music concerts held last Saturday and Sunday in historic churches in Toruń and Chełmno. The program featured two cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and the world premiere of the Passion oratorio “Gorzkie Żale” by Marcin Zdunik. Both concerts were conducted by Adam Banaszak.

The audience heard Bach’s “Himmelskönig, sei willkommen” (BWV 182) and “Actus tragicus” (BWV 10). The former was composed for Palm Sunday, while the latter is one of Bach’s earliest, most esteemed, and most moving sacred cantatas. Marcin Zdunik’s “Gorzkie Żale” is a monumental work inspired by Bach, composed in 2025.

Performers:
Adam Banaszak – conductor
Aleksandra Poniszowska – soprano
Agnieszka Bochenek-Osiecka – soprano
Milena Joszko – alto
Izabella Kopiec – alto
Marek Anton – tenor
Bogusław Kowalski – tenor
Remigiusz Nowak – bass
Marcin Markowicz – violin
Katarzyna Duda – violin
Katarzyna Budnik – viola
Marcin Zdunik – cello
Marianna Bednarska – vibraphone
Camerata Silesia (dir. Anna Szostak)
Musicians of the Toruń Symphony Orchestra
Artur Bocheński – introduction

Department of Promotion
& Press Office of the Marshal’s Office

26 March 2026
Last updated: 30 March 2026