Unprecedented discoveries in the world of art happen extremely rarely. In Poland – almost never. The more sensational it makes the news about arias signed by Mozart himself, discovered and performed on Jasna Góra by Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra.

Once in a while a new masterpiece of culture is found. Netherlandish painting hidden under another piece of art, musical composition signed by great master’s name, or deciphered Egyptian papyrus. It happens that while road works archeologists find interesting excavations. Most of the time, however, extensive scientific research are conducted in order to find something new, not yet catalogued.
Examining newly discovered scores signed by master’s name, musicologists analyze not only the notation of notes and the sound of a composition. They focus on paper analysis, they evaluate the track of writing. They have catalogues of watermarks at their disposal.

Conservators and art historians on the other hand engage advanced roentgen technologies for their thorough analysis. Thanks to using modern means and research methods a portrait of a woman was recently found under Pasture in Bloom painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1887. Dutch master used to repaint his paintings. As scientists prove, similar practices were applied inter alia by: Pablo Picasso, or Rembrandt van Rijn. Netherlandish painting makes up a wide field for scientific inquires for conservators and art historians. Here also, however, spectacular, breakthrough discoveries happen extremely rarely.

In case of Mozart’s arias coming from Jasna Góra, there was no necessity to apply sophisticated techniques. Scores throughout all those years were patiently waiting in Monastery’s archive, for somebody to discover them. It hasn’t been until this year though that the compositions signed by master’s from Salzburg, were performed by amazing ensemble, Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Unique concert took place on Jasna Góra within International Festival of Sacred Music Gaude Mater.

Tomasz wabnic, founder and general director of the chamber orchestra Morphing, says the following words about the ensemble which took part in this historical discovery: “Morphing Vienna Chamber Orchestra is a project which was established on the spur of the moment, entirely spontaneously. In Vienna where I was educated by masters of classical music, I met many young people form all over the world, laureates of international musical contests. Their passion and enthusiasm while performing infected me and made me to establish an ensemble, which would be totally innovative in the attitude towards performing chamber music. We started to play in ten person lineup. I love to play with expression. The most joyful, however, was the worldwide premiere performance of Mozart’s compositions in front of a numerous audience”.
On the album which was recorded during the Gaude Mater Festival there are seven compositions of the master, and among them the worldwide premiere performance of arias signed by Mozart, found on Jasna Góra. There were however more of such scores discovered in the Monastery in Częstochowa, namely 18. The work over proving the authorship of scores is still in progress.