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The second part of the 3rd edition of the Festival ORGANy Plus+ will be held between October 11-15, 2017 at the he Holy Trinity Church in the Old Suburb.

The main theme of the Autumn part of the Festival will be the work of Gdańsk organist and composer Daniel Magnus Gronau (1699?–1747), whose 270th anniversary of death is celebrated this year. The musician left behind the largest collection of organ fugues and registrations in eighteenth-century European music. This year, for the first time, his partimento fugues will be performed by organists in contemporary style inspired by the Baroque era.

In addition, between October 10-14 there will be seminars, masterclasses and workshops devoted to organ music and improvisation, led by Mauricio Croci (Italy) and Sietze de Vries (Holland).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

Detailed information: www.organyplus.com 

A Juibilee Concert on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Professor Andrzej Dutkiewicz pedagogical work will take place on October 11, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music.

Performers: Aleksandra Resztik – soprano, Krzysztof Szmyt – tenor, Tomasz Piętak – baritone, Elżbieta Gajewska, Magdalena Irmińska — flute, Olivier Andruszczenko – clarinet, Pablo Sanchez-Escariche Gasch – alto saxophone, Miłosz Wieliński, Andrzej Gębski, Krzysztof Bąkowski – violin, Małgorzata Duź, Andrzej Wróbel, Tomasz Strahl – cello, Elżbieta Karaś-Krasztel, Iwona Mironiuk, Roma Orłowska, Andrzej Dutkiewicz, Janusz Grobelny – piano, Jarosław Wróblewski — organ, Leszek Lorent – percussion, Barbara Okoń-Makowska – tape, The FCUM Chamber Choir, Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz – conductor, Michał Śmigielski — conductor.

Programme: Romance, Trzy szkice w retrospekcji, Trzy pieśni to the lyrics by Wacław Oszajca, Sekstet, Hymnus in honorem Sancti Andre Bobola, Sophie’s Music for Four, Tango mon Amour, Danse Triste, Music For Two and Dwie pieśni by Andrzej Dutkiewicz.

The concert is a part of the "Wednesday on Okólnik Street" cycle. Tickets: 15 PLN, available at the Chopin University Press (Mon-Fri, 12.00–7.00 p.m.).

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.

The concerts on the ocaccion of the 50th anniversary of prof. Sławomir Czarnecki's artistic work will be held on Octobner 8, 2017 at 4 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist in Warsaw and on October 12, 217 at 6 p.m. at the Jasna Gora Basilica in Częstochowa.

Sławomir Czarnecki studied composition with Piotr Perkowski and Romuald Twardowski in the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw (master’s degree in 1974), then in 1980-81 with Olivier Messiaen in Paris (thanks to a French government scholarship). Since 1974, he has taught theory in Józef Elsner State Secondary Music School in Warsaw. He has received numerous awards and honourable mentions in competitions for composers.

During the jubilee concerts Czarnecki's Jasna Gora Mass will be performed by the Jasna Gora Pueri Claromontani Boys' and Men's Choir, Chamber Choir of the Music Institute of the Jan Długosz Academy in Częstochowa, and Symphonic Orchestra of the Complex of State Music Schools no. 1 under the baton of Radosław Labahua. Sopranist Gabriela Gołaszewska and baritone Michał Przygoński will perform as soloists.

Vocal Recital of Michał Sławecki will take place on October 25, 2017 in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music.

Performers: Michał Sławecki – countertenor, Joanna Wicherek– piano. Programme: Sebastian Krajewski, Mieczysław Wajnberg, Leoš Janáček, Paweł Mykietyn, Sławomir Kupczak.

Tickets: 15 PLN, available at the Chopin University Press (Monday-Friday, 12.00-7.00 p.m.) and online at www.umfc.bilety24.pl. 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.