14. International Choir Festival Mundus Cantat Sopot 2018

29.04 - 05.07

29 April (Sunday) 12.30 pm Holy Mass with a short concert „Gwiazda Morza” Church, Kościuszki 19, Sopot

Program: Pieces of C. Franck, A. Bruckner, F. Schubert and others Performers: Mixed choir KOR SOM HELST, Kristiansand, Norway Aleksander Głuch - conductor

11 May (Friday) 7.00 pm Concert – Osiecka for choir SSW Main Auditorium, Rzemieślnicza 4, Sopot

Program: Music with lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka, pop music; „Nowhere man”, „Starboy”, „Nie mamy nic do stracenia” and more Performers: MUNDUS CANTAT Choir
Beata Wróblewska - conductor

12 May (Saturday), 12.00 pm PERFORMANCE – POP’N’CHOIR Centrum Sopot

Performers: Juan Felipe Alvarado, Sopot Music School’s Choir and Clarinet Ensemble, MUNDUS CANTAT Choir, Grace Gospel Choir, Czekolada Choir, Zawisza Czarny Choir, Razzle Dazzle Choir

16 May (Wednesday), 7.15 pm OPENING CONCERT – A musical walk through centuries- ART’N’VOICES „Gwiazda Morza” Church, Kościuszki 19, Sopot Program: Pieces by G.P.Palestrina, H. Parry, A. Rocławska-Musiałczyk, B. Kowalski, K. Drayton

Performers: Chór Art'n'Voices, Wejherowo, Poland Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk-conductor

17 May (Thursday) 10.30 am cat. A Audition: „Sacred music” and cat. C Audition: „Spirituals, gospel, jazz” „Gwiazda Morza” Church, ul. Kościuszki 19, Sopot

Performers: Participating choirs

4.30 pm – PERFORMANCE – PARADE OF CHOIRS Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street, Sopot 5.00 pm MUSIC OF NATIONS Concert with Opening Ceremony Muszla Concertowa, Sopockie Molo (The Pier), Sopot Performers: Participating choirs

7.15 pm MUSICAL JOURNEYS Concert Church of Christ, Obrońców Westerplatte 21, Sopot Performers: SOLWUSZKA Children’s Choir, Navahrudak, Belarus HARLANDA VOCES Youth Choir, Gothenburg, Sweden Grace Gospel Choir, Sopot, Poland

18 May (Friday) 10.00 am Cat. B Audition: „Secular music” sand special cat. BS Audition „Gwiazda Morza” Church, Kościuszki 19, Sopot Performers: Participating choirs

7.15 pm WORLD NATIONS MUSIC Concert St George's Church, Kościuszki 1, Sopot Performers: Gdansk Doctors’ Choir, Gdańsk, Poland Academic Choir JUVENTUS, Riga, Latvia Mixed Choir Schola Cantorum Opoliensis, Opole, Poland

19 May (Saturday) 8.00 am BREATHING FOR BREAKFAST – SINGING’N’STRETCHING Molo (Pier), Sopot Participating choirs, citizens of Sopot 10.30 am Grand Prix Auditions „Gwiazda Morza” Church, Kościuszki 19, Sopot Performers: Participating choirs

5.00 pm FINAL CONCERT Sopot Aqua Park’s Terrace, Zamkowa Góra 3-5, Sopot Program: Awarded pieces and 5/6 Esemble’s special program Performers: Awarded choirs 5/6 Ensemble, Gdańsk, Poland

DEDICATED CONCERTS 17 May (Thursday) 11.00 am – school concert Sopocka Autonomiczna Szkoła Podstawowa, Aleja Niepodległości 739A, Sopot Performers: SOLWUSZKA Children’s Choir, Navahrudak, Belarus 18 May (Friday) 11.50 am – school concert Szkoła Podstawowa z Oddziałami Integracyjnymi Nr 8 im Jana Matejki, 3 Maja 41, Sopot Performers: Youth Choir CANTO, Lębork, Poland

12.00 pm MUSICAL JOURNEYS Concert Dom Samopomocy-Ośrodek Adaptacyjny, Kazimierza Wielkiego 14, Sopot

Performers: Youth-Children’s Choir LIRA, Minsk, Belarus

Free entrance to all events except the Final Concert: 20/15 PLN (students, retirees, Citizen of Sopot card holders) Tickets available here (every day): Aquapark Sopot Customer Service, Zamkowa Góra 3-5 Sopot, 9.00 – 20.00 Touristic point STS, Plac Zdrojowy 2, Sopot, 10.00-18.00