XXXIII International Festival of Organ Music ORGANS OF THE ARCHCATHEDRAL - Przemysław Kapituła (Poland)

Przemysław Kapituła - organ concert as part of the XXXIII International Festival of Organ Music ORGANS OF THE ARCHCATHEDRAL.

Program:
Felice Moretti - Padre Davide da Bergamo (1791-1863): Elevazione in re minore
William Selby (1738-1798): Voluntary in A
John Travers (1703-1758): Trumpet Voluntary
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Fantasia and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 561
Claude Daquin (1694-1772): Le Coucou
Mieczysław Surzyński (1866-1924): Capriccio op. 36, Chant triste op. 36
Alfred Herbert Brewer (1865-1928): Marche Heroique
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886): Prelude and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H

Performer:
Przemysław Kapituła is an organist and musical impresario, continuing the musical tradition of the Warsaw Archcathedral. He graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Music in the organ class of Prof. J. Serafin, studied piano privately with K. Mochtaka, and collaborated for many years with Prof. J. Erdman. He performs regularly in Poland, Europe, and South America - giving approximately 110 concerts annually. He works with choirs, orchestras (including the orchestra of the Grand Theatre of the National Opera in Warsaw) and soloists. His repertoire features a special focus on the works of M. Surzyński and F. Novoviejski. He is the founder and chief artistic director of numerous festivals, which host 240 concerts annually attended by over 25,000 listeners. He has recorded for radio, television, and on CD. He is a laureate of the Primate of Poland award "Silver Pipe". He has taught master classes on the interpretation of organ music in Italy.

Instrument:
The mechanical organ in the church choir was built in 1987 by the German company Eule. The instrument has 60 stops and allows for the performance of music from all periods.