Antique instruments and interiors, guests from Poland and abroad and eight evenings with music: welcome to the jubilee 30th International Festival Summer Organ Concerts. The programme features organ classics by Buxtehude, Bach, Widor and Franck alongside a panorama of music from the days long before Maestro Johann Sebastian. The festival recalls Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722) and Johann Adam Reincken (1643–1722) on the 300th anniversary of the passing of both composers. The event traditionally intertwines the beauty of music and architecture: festival concerts take us to the Baroque Carmelite church, the Pauline Church rising above the Vistula, the modernist Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Church of the Holy Cross with the ceiling supported by a single pillar. (Barbara Skowrońska)
28 May 2022 (Saturday), 7pm
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dariusz Bąkowski-Kois (Kraków)
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722) Biblische Sonaten: Suonata seconda in g. “Saul malinconico e trastullato per mezzo della Musica”
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Organ Symphony in F minor Op. 13 No. 4 (I. Toccata, V. Adagio)
Charles-Marie Widor Organ Symphony in E minor Op. 13 No. 3 (III. Marcia, IV. Adagio)
Charles-Marie Widor Organ Symphony in C minor Op. 13 No. 1 (V. Marche Pontificale)
1 June 2022 (Wednesday), 8pm
Carmelite Church
Jakub Garbacz (Łódź)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Praeludium in fis BuxWV 146
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Schucke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654
Johann Sebastian Bach Praeludium et Fugue in a BWV 543
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Organ Sonata in C minor Op. 65 No. 2
César Franck (1822-1890) Prelude, Fugue and Variation in B minor Op. 18
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) V Organ Symphony in F minor Op. 42 No. 1 (V. Toccata. Allegro)
3 June 2022 (Friday), 8pm
Pauline Church
Michał Basista (Kraków)
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697) Praeludium in e
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter BWV 650
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor BWV 544
Johann Sebastian Bach O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross BWV 622
Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor BWV 596 (wg A. Vivaldiego)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Prelude and Fugue in C minor Op. 37 No. 1
8 June 2022 (Wednesday), 8pm
Carmelite Church
Willem Hörmann ('s-Hertogenbosch / Netherlands)
César Franck (1822-1890) Piece héroïque
César Franck Psalm 150
Abraham van den Kerckhoven (1618-1702) Fantasia in d
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) Grand choeur in B flat major
Gu Wei (*1991) When the mountains sing...
Théodore Dubois Toccata in G major
Abraham van den Kerckhoven Fugue in C
Flor Peeters (1903-1986) Allegro maestoso
Flor Peeters Toccata, Fugue and Hymn “Ave Maris Stella” Op. 28
11 June 2022 (Saturday), 7pm
Church of the Holy Cross
Andrzej Mikołaj Szadejko (Gdańsk)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Il secondo libro: Toccata prima in g
Tarquinio Merula (1590-1665) Intonazioni cromatica del nono tuono
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667) Libro di capricci e ricercate: Capriccio in G FbWV 506
Johann Jakob Froberger Libro Secundo: Toccata in G FbWV 103
Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) Introdutione e Pastorale
Georg Muffat (1653-1704) Apparatus Musico Organisticus: Toccata sexta
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia et Fugue in a BWV 561
Andreas Schade (1674 – 17??) Passacaglia in d con thema di Buxtehude il magniera di Bach
Anonim (Italy, 18th c.) Missa Piana per Organo (Offertorium, Elevazione, Postcommunio)
15 June 2022 (Wednesday), 8pm
Pauline Church
Juan Paradell Solé (Rome / Italy)
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1570-1627) Obra de VIII tono alto (Ensalada)
Johann Schneider (1702-1788) Praeludium et Fugue
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Aria in g HWV 466
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Fantasia in d TWV 33:2
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Praeludium et Fugue in a BWV 543
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Largo in e (transcr. Bengt Berg)
Pietro Morandi (1745-1815) Sonata Prima
Paul Huber (1918-2001) Toccata über die Glocken des Domes zu St. Gallen
18 June 2022 (Saturday), 7pm
Church of the Holy Cross
Jakub Pankowiak (Poznań)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Praeludium in g BuxWV 163
łowicz Tablature (ca. 1580) Prosa de Resurrectione D. N. J. C. Victimae Paschali Laudes
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Pavana lachrimae SwWV 328
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Mein junges Leben hat ein End SwWV 324
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Secondo libro di toccate. Toccata Quinta
Girolamo Frescobaldi Fiori Musicali Op. 12, Messa della Madonna. Toccata per le Levatione
Dieterich Buxtehude Toccata in d BuxWV 155
22 June 2022 (Wednesday), 7pm
Church of the Holy Cross
Stephan Wijgert (Utrecht / Netherlands)
Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722) Biblische Sonaten: Suonata terza in G. “Il Maritaggio del Giacomo”
Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722) Fantazja chorałowa “An Wasserflüssen Babylon”
Johann Kuhnau Biblische Sonaten: Suonata prima in C. “Il Combattimento trà David e Goliath”
