Miercurea Ciuc Early Music Festival 5–13 iulie 2025
Saturday, 5 July
19.30 TRANSYLVANIA BAROQUE ENSEMBLE (RO, CH)
Bach and his Sons
Cinema Csíki Mozi (2 Majláth Gusztáv Károly Square)
Sunday, 6 July
12.00 CARMINA RENASCENTIA (RO)
“Vitam quae faciunt beatiorem” – Humanist metrical melodies in Transylvania
Unitarian Church (25 Szász Endre Street)
19.30 Opening Ceremony of the Festival
ORCHESTRA BAROCĂ DIN CLUJ (RO, HU, CH, DE, DK)
„Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!”
Franciscan Church of Șumuleu Ciuc– Basilica Minor Papalis (148 Szék Street)
Monday, 7 July
10.00 “With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles” – Musical activities for children, with Rebeka Ádám
Zengő Tér Cultural Center (35 Petőfi Street)
18.00 CONCERTO SPIRALIS (RO, HU, NL, CH)
Sacred and Profane Passions – The Soul of Bach
Reformed Church (11 Márton Áron Street)
21.00 ISTVÁN KÓNYA (HU)
La Conversation – Baroque Lute Music in Royal Courts and Bourgeois Salons
Roman Catholic Church Holy Cross (38 Kossuth Lajos Street)
Tuesday, 8 July
10.00 “With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles” – Musical activities for children, with Rebeka Ádám
Zengő Tér Cultural Center (35 Petőfi Street)
15.00 Mass in B minor and the Idea of Interfaith Mass – Lecture by Steffen Schlandt
Nagy István Art School, hall (18 Libertății Square)
18.00 CODEX (RO)
“Érzés hangjai” (‘Sounds of Feelings’)
Mikó Castle (2 Cetății Square)
21.00 SOMA SALAT-ZAKARIÁS & JOAN BORONAT SANZ (CH)
Resonant Musical Images – Bach and the Sonatas for Viola da gamba
Cinema Csíki Mozi (2 Majláth Gusztáv Károly Square)
Wednesday, 9 July
17.00 NOÉMI KARÁCSONY & PAUL CRISTIAN (RO)
„Ziehe mich nach dir”
Saint Ladislaus Parish Church (143 Frumoasa) 🚌
20.00 ISTVÁN KÓNYA (HU)
La Conversation – Baroque Lute Music in Royal Courts and Bourgeois Salons
Lázár Castle (67 Bástya Street, Lazărea)
21.00 CIPRIANA SMĂRĂNDESCU (IT):
“Goldberg Variations” Aria mit verschiedenen Variationen, BWV 988
Cinema Csíki Mozi (2 Majláth Gusztáv Károly Square)
Thursday, 10 July
19.00 MIRA GLODEANU & SEMPRE (BE, RO)
Inspired by Bach
Cinema Csíki Mozi(2 Majláth Gusztáv Károly Square)
Friday, 11 July
15.00 CLOSING CONCERT OF THE 17TH EARLY MUSIC SUMMER UNIVERSITY
Nagy István Art School, hall (18 Libertății Square)
19.00 BAROQUE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA (RO, HU, DE)
Choirs: Lux Aurumque Chamber Choir (Miercurea Ciuc), Bach Choir of the Black Church (Brașov)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b minor, BWV 232
Saint Augustine Church (1 Szent Ágoston Square)
Saturday, 12 July
10.00 Children’s Renaissance Day: craft workshop and Renaissance games
Mikó Castle (2 Cetății Square)
19.00 MUSICA HISTORICA (HU)
My beautiful lighting, my early freedom – From the Music of the Kuruc Era (1670–1740)
Mikó Castle (2 Cetății Square)
20.00 Renaissance dance event with Kovács Gábor (HU)
Mikó Castle (2 Cetății Square)
19.00 BAROQUE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA (RO, HU, DE)
Choirs: Lux Aurumque Chamber Choir (Miercurea Ciuc), Bach Choir of the Black Church (Brașov)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b minor, BWV 232
Black Church (2 Johannes Honterus Court, Brașov)
Sunday, 13 July
12.00 ALLEGRA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA (RO)
Baroque Music Delicacy – From Frescobaldi to Bach
Unitarian Church (25 Szász Endre Street)
19.30 LAUDATE CHAMBER CHOIR (RO)
Transylvanian vocal polyphony through the eyes of Caioni
Franciscan Church of Șumuleu Ciuc – Basilica Minor Psapalis (148 Szék Street)