This year’s festival is special, as it begins exactly on the 30th anniversary of the death of its patron, the Kraków virtuoso, pedagogue and composer. In the opening recital, Jakub Kapała will play compositions by Léon Boëllmann and Eugène Gigout. There will be more French music from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in the programme, as it is also a source of inspiration for Dariusz Bąkowski-Kois and Ines Maidre; moreover, a particularly rich selection (Clausmann, Saint-Saëns, Gigout, Guilmant, Jacob) will be brought to life in a concert by Petra Veenswijk, organist at Maria van Jesse Church in Delft, the Netherlands. Vocal and organ works will be performed by Joseph Lia and Marcin Kucharczyk – the baritone from Malta will sing arias from Bach’s Magnificat, Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah and Handel’s opera Serse (the famous Ombra mai fù!). Romantic music from Saxony will be evoked by Albrecht Koch, who is closely associated with the region, while the works of the early masters from the 16th and 17th centuries will be performed by Małgorzata Trzaskalik-Wyrwa, who will play on the newly reconstructed Renaissance organ in Tyniec. Apart from this Benedictine abbey, the festival will also take place at the Carmelite Basilica, the Church of St Stephen, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Dominican Basilica and the Church of St Anne.
Admission free to all concerts.
31 October 2025 (Friday), 8pm
Carmelite Basilica
Jakub Kapała (Kraków / Poland)
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) Heures mystiques: Messe II (Messe Noire), Op. 29 No. 2
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Six Pièces d'orgue
2 November 2025 (Sunday), 4pm
Church of St Stephen
Dariusz Bąkowski-Kois (Kraków / Poland)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Fugue in f
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Organ Symphony No. 10 in D major “Romanesque” Haec dies, Op. 73
Ferdinando Bertoni (1725-1813) Sonata No. 4 in A major, Op. 1 No. 4
3 November 2025 (Monday), 7pm
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jerzy Kukla (Lublin / Poland)
Viktor Clariss Czajanek (1876-1952) Orgelfantasie
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537
Feliks Nowowiejski (1877-1946) Organ Symphony No. 6 in A minor, Op. 45 No. 6: II. Intermezzo. Allegretto scherzando
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
4 November 2025 (Tuesday), 8pm
Carmelite Basilica
Petra Veenswijk (Delft / Netherlands)
Aloÿs Clausmann (1850-1926) Toccata in A minor, Op. 64 No. 3 | Rêverie
Camille Saint- Saëns (1835-1921) Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, Op. 99 No. 3
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Douze Pièces pour orgue
Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) Variations and Fugue on the Theme of Stabat Mater, Op. 65
Georges Jacob (1877-1950) Organ Symphony in E minor: I. Prelude Funèbre, Fugue, Variation
Eugène Gigout Dix Pièces pour orgue: IV. Toccata
5 November 2025 (Wednesday), 8:15pm
Dominican Basilica
Albrecht Koch (Freiberg / Germany)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in G major BWV 550 (arr. Paul Homeyer, 1853-1908)
Carl Piutti (1846-1902) Choral Improvisation “Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele”, Op. 15 No. 6
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1807-1849) Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Op. 37 No. 3
Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903) Lyrische Blätter, Op. 89: V. Andante in G major
Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885) Organ Sonata No. 9 in C minor, Op. 183
6 November 2025 (Thursday), 7pm
Church of St Stephen
Ines Maidre (Parnawa / Estonia)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 545
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Lied, Op. 31 No. 17 | Carillon de Longpont, Op. 31 No. 21
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) Postlude pour l’office de complies JA 29
Peeter Süda (1883-1920) Gigue à la Bach | Prelude and Fugue in G minor
Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) Cantilène religieuse | Toccata in G major
7 November 2025 (Friday), 8:15pm
Dominican Basilica
Tobias Horn (Besigheim / Germany)
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901) Organ Sonata No. 11 in D minor, Op. 148
Max Reger (1873-1916) Consolation in E major, Op. 65 No. 4
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
8 November 2025 (Saturday), 3:30pm
Benedictine Abbey
Małgorzata Trzaskalik-Wyrwa (Warsaw / Poland)
Mikołaj of Kraków (16th c.) Preambulum in F
Oliwa Organ Tablature (ca. 1619) Fugue in F
Adam of Wągrowiec (†1629) Ave maris Stella
Warsaw Organ Tablature / Rękopis Przemyski (XVII) Toccata in a
Jean Titelouze (1562-1633) Veni Creator (4 verseti)
Warsaw Organ Tablature Praeludium in d | Canzona primi toni
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1561-1627) Pange lingua por ce sol fa ut
Łowicz Organ Tablature / Jakub Sowa? (ca. 1580) Salve Regina misericordiae (4 versetti) | Salve Regina Mater misericordiae (2 bassi)
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566) Tiento [X] del Primero tono IAC 39 | Pavana con su glosa IAC 23
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Almande gratie “More palatino” SwWV 318
9 November 2025 (Sunday), 4pm
Church of St Anne
Joseph Lia (Birkirkara / Malta) – baritone
Marcin Kucharczyk (Kraków / Poland) – organy
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude in C major BWV 545/I | Magnificat BWV 243: Quia fecit mihi magna | Fugue in C major BWV 545/II
Giulio Caccini (1551-1618) Ave Maria
Pierre-Louis-Philippe Dietsch (1808-1865) / Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) Ave Maria [“Arcadelt”]
Francesco Durante (1684-1755) Vergin, tutto amor
Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667) Capriccio V in F FbWV 516
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Dettingen Te Deum HWV 283: Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin | Voluntary XI in D: [Ouverture] | Serse HWV 40: Ombra mai fù | Voluntary XI in D: Fugue
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Messa da Requiem: Confutatis
Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) / Théodore Dubois (1837-1924) Psaume XVIII ”Cæli enarrant gloriam Dei”
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) Elijah, Op. 70: It is Enough!
10 November 2025 (Monday), 8:15pm
Dominican Basilica
Stefano Molardi (Lugano / Switzerland)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 537 | Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654 | Concerto in A minor BWV 593 (after A. Vivaldi)
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) Totentanz S.126 (paraphrase of Dies irae)
