“The sound and appearance of the large organs at the Church of Peace are so great that we have to show their capabilities all year round, not only during celebrations and festivals.” Those are the words of Maciej Bator, the originator of a new series of organ concerts.
On the last Friday of every month Maciej wants to present secular music. The cantor, who at Friday’s concert will play music from the Victorian era, believes with this magnificent instrument one person can play the whole orchestra.
This is a reference to the tradition of symphonic concerts played at the turn of the XIX and XX century, when the concert halls in the town halls of industrial cities were built. At that time people treated these places as philharmonics.
In these cities, which grew around large factories, people lacked cultural centers and orchestras at a high level. Large Organs were designed in such a manner that they could mimic the symphony orchestras.
Maciej Bator will play with his 12-year-old student Jakub Moneta. They will individually perform the pieces of Antonio Vivaldi, Adam Jarzębski (a Baroque composer and poet, bandmaster at the court of King Sigismund III Vasa) and César Franck, a nineteenth-century composer and organist.
Future plans include recitals and concerts played in duet. We hope you can enjoy the concert inaugurating a new series in the Church of Peace on Friday, September the 30th at 7 pm.
Admission is free.
