This tradition has lasted for half a century – on summer afternoons, the Benedictine abbey, picturesquely situated on an escarpment above the Vistula, is filled with organ sounds. This year, there is a surprise waiting for us at the Tyniec Organ Recitals – we will be listening to two instruments: the main instrument on the music choir above the entrance, and the reconstructed Renaissance organ that returned to its place in the chancel of the church after more than 80 years in January. They will be played by Krzysztof Musiał, Marek Stefański and Agnieszka Radwan-Stefańska, and in August also by Anna Firlus and Artur Szczerbinin. The programme focuses on works by Renaissance and Baroque masters, in which the organists will be supported, among others, by soprano Magdalena Drozd, lute player Mariusz Kominiak, gambist Krzysztof Firlus and natural trumpet player Jakub Kulawik.
13 July 2025, 4pm
Krzysztof Musiał organ
Magdalena Drozd soprano
Programme, part 1 – on reconstructed Renaissance organ
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) Toccata seconda from Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius SV 287 from Selva morale e spirituale
Girolamo Frescobaldi Canzona seconda from Ricercari, et canzoni franzese fatte sopra diverse oblighi in partitura
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) Kleine geistliche Konzerte (selection):
– O süßer, o freundlicher, o gütiger Herr Jesu Christe SWV 285
– Bringt her dem Herren SWV 283
– Ich will den Herren loben allezeit SWV 306
Hugo Distler (1908–1942) Sonatina from 30 Spielstücke für die Kleinorgel, Op. 18 No. 1
Programme, part 2 – on main organ
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Biblické písně, Op. 99 (arr. for soprano and organ):
– IV. Hospodin jest můj pastýř
– V. Bože! Bože! Píseň novou
– VII. Při řekách babylonských
Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937) Symphonie pour orgue No. 6, Op. 42/2: III. Intermezzo, IV. Cantabile, V. Finale
27 July 2025, 4pm
Marek Stefański organ
Agnieszka Radwan-Stefańska organ
Mariusz Kominiak lute
Programme, part 1 – on reconstructed Renaissance organ
Mikołaj of Kraków (16th c.) Salve Regina, Hajducki, Alia poznanie, Cantio polonica, Pastorella, Rex
Anonymous (17th c.) Per merita Sancti Adalberti
Anonymous (Orihuela, 17th c.) Cuatro versos litúrgicos: Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto, Contempsere tui, Ait illi Jesus, Ait illi Petrus, Et resurexit tertia die
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Stücke für Flötenuhr In G major
Programme, part 2 – on lute
Luis de Narváez (1526 – 1549) Guárdame las vacas
Robert Ballard (1575–1645) Branles de Village
Adrian Le Roy (1520–1592) Galiarde
Pierre Attaingnant (1494–1552) Tourdion
Luis Milán (c. 1500 – c. 1561) Pavan
Tobias Hume (c. 1579 – 1645) Polish Dance (from London Tablature 1605):
– Galliard
– Ayre
Giovanni Zamboni (1664–1721) Sonata No. 9 from Sonate d’intavolatura di liuto, Op. 1
Anonymous Old Irish Song
Programme, part 3 – on main organ
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 538
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869) Sortie
10 August 2025, 4pm
Anna Firlus organ
Krzysztof Firlus viola da gamba
Programme, part 1 – on main organ
Wilhelm Rudnick (1850–1927) Organ Sonata No. 5 in D minor, Op. 62, 1st movement: Maestoso
Henri Mulet (1878–1967) Esquisses Byzantines: Tu es Petrus, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus te
Programme, part 2 – on reconstructed Renaissance organ
Riccardo Rognoni (c. 1550 – c. 1620) Diminutions for viola da gamba on the theme of motet Ancor che col partire by Cipriano de Rore
Tabulatura Jana z Lublina (16th c.) Rocal fuza
Francesco Rognoni (c. 1575 – c. 1626) Diminutions on the theme of motet Vestiva i colli by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tabulatura of Jan of Lublin (16th c.) Jeszcze Marczyne, Hayduczky
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713) Sonata in C major for violin and basso continuo, Op. 5 No. 3 (anonymous 18th-century transcription for viola da gamba and basso continuo)
24 August 2025, 4pm
Artur Szczerbinin organ
Jakub Kulawik natural trumpet
Elena Finelli soprano
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) Toccata (from L’Orfeo)
Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575–1647) Toccata Prima à Quattro
Giulio Caccini (1551–1618) Amarilli mia bella
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1561–1621) Paduana Lachrymae SwWV 328
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638–1693) Sonata seconda
Tabulatura braniewsko-oliwska (17th c.) Melos
Tabulatura Bohn Ms. mus. 357 (16th c.) Gagliarda
Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575–1647) Gagliarda Quinta Cromatica
Girolamo Fantini (1600–1675) Prima sonata di Tromba, et organo insiemie detta del Coloretto, Seconda] Sonata detta del Gonzaga
Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1596–1668) O Maria, quam pulchra es
Tabulatura łowicka (c. 1580) Salve Regina
Alessandro Melani (1639–1703) Quai bellici accenti ascolti, mio core?
