During its over twenty-year history, the festival has undergone many transformations, including changing its name, graphic design and formula. It changed the date and experimented with changing venues (few people may remember that for two of its editions it was also held in Pszczyna or that for several years concerts were organized in various places in Wałbrzych: such as the Town Hall, the Evangelical Church, a hospital or, for example, in the library in Świebodzice).
The festival adapts to the needs, conditions and possibilities. However, one thing has not changed and will never change: the sense of mission. The desire to share beauty, meet in a unique atmosphere, experience beautiful music and make sure that there is “something else” in our lives, “something” beyond the ordinariness of everyday existence.
From 2023 Princess Daisy Festival’s main organizer is the Sudeten Philharmonic in Wałbrzych.
Festival’s artistic director: Marcin Markowicz
22nd Princess Daisy Festival (2025) – programme
I. INAUGURATION CONCERT
26.06.2025, Thursday, 7pm
Wałbrzych, Sudeten Philharmonic
Inauguration concert – Mysterium musicum
Performers:
Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny – conductor
Anna Bernacka – mezzo-soprano
Sudeten Philharmonic String Orchestra
Polifonija Choir (Szawle, Lithuania)
Linas Balandis – choir preparation
Programme:
Sven-David Sandström — Missa Brevis for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and string orchestra (37’)
Kyrie eleison (I, III)
Christe eleison
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax
Laudamus te
Gratias agimus tibi
Domine Deus
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
Quinam tu solus sanctus
Cum sancto spiritu
Sanctus
Osanna in excelsis
Benedictus
Osanna repetatur
Agnus Dei
Dona nobis pacem
Krzysztof Penderecki/Boris Pergamenschikow — Agnus Dei from Polish Requiem for string orchestra (8’)
II. MUSICAL PLAY
27.06.2025, Friday, 5pm
Wałbrzych, Puppet and Actor Theatre
Musical play – Da Capo al Fine (written & directed by Cezary Kosiński)
Performers:
Cezary Kosiński – Cezary
Anna Lobedan – Ania
Marcin Markowicz – musical setting
III. CHAMBER CONCERT
27.06.2025, Friday, 8pm
Wałbrzych, Sudeten Philharmonic
Chamber concert – In a harmony of dialogue
Performers:
Szymon Krzeszowiec – violin
Marcin Markowicz – violin
Maurycy Stawujak – piano
Programme:
Béla Bartók – 44 duets for two violins Sz. 98 (a selection) (30′)
Maurycy Moszkowski — Suite for two violins and a piano in G major op. 71 (20′)
Dymitr Szostakowicz — a selection of compositions for two violins and a piano (7′)
IV. MUSICAL PLAY
28.06.2025, Saturday, 12pm
Sokołowsko, Zdrowie Movie Theater
Musical Play – Da Capo al Fine (written and directed by Cezary Kosiński)
Perfomers:
Cezary Kosiński – Cezary
Anna Lobedan – Ania
Marcin Markowicz – musical setting
V. BIRTHDAY CONCERT
28.06.2025, Saturday, 6 pm
Wałbrzych, Sudeten Philharmonic
Masters of Chamber Music: Music from the Turn of the Century
Performers:
Jakub Jakowicz – violin
Katarzyna Budnik – viola
Marcin Zdunik – cello
Grzegorz Mania – piano
Programme:
Władysław Żeleński – Piano Quartet in C minor op. 61 (36’)
Allegro con brio
Romanza. Andante sostenuto
Intermezzo. Allegretto
Finale. Allegro appassionato
Xaver Scharwenka – Piano Quartet in F major op. 37 (40′)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegro vivace
Allegro con fuoco
VI. AUDIOVISUAL CONCERT
29.06.2025, Sunday, 12pm
Wałbrzych, Puppet and Actor Theater
Audiovisual concert – Nowy Teatr Youth Orchestra. Consonances
Performers:
MONT – Nowy Teatr Youth Orchestra
Dagna Sadkowska – conductor
Sean Palmer – director, audiovisual effects coordinator
Programme:
Original scores and improvisations to animated films
VII. WORKSHOPS
29.06.2025, Sunday, 1pm
Wałbrzych, Puppet and Actor Theatre
Workshops – SOLAR. Music for a bright future
Sean Palmer – instructor
Dagna Sadkowska – instructor
Edyta Ołdak – instructor
VIII. FINAL CONCERT
29.06.2025, Sunday, 7pm
Wałbrzych, Sudeten Philharmonic
Final concert – Maniucha Bikont – Porządki
Performers:
Maniucha Bikont – vocals, baraban, tube, triangle
Assaf Talmudi – accordion, synthesizer, computer, backing vocals
Szczepan Pospieszalski – trumpet, synthesizer, backing vocals
Ksawery Wójciński – double bass
Programme:
Compositions from Maniucha Bikont’s Porządki album