Organ recital at St Bart’s Wilmslow on Saturday 3rd May at 1 pm
Programme :
1. Prelude, Fuge and Ciaccona in C Major, Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), BuxWV 137
2. Schmücke dich o liebe Seele, J.S. Bach (1685-1750), BWV 654
3. Italian Concerto: Allegro-Andante-Presto, improvisation
4. Allegro con brio from 5th Symphony, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Op. 67
5. Waltz “Blue Danube”, Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Op. 314
6. Andante « Chœur de Voix humaines », L.J.A. Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869), Op. 122/7
7. Symphonic Suite, improvisation: Prelude-Cantabile-Final
Michał Szostak obtained a doctorate in musical arts, specialising in organ performance and improvisation at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He also studied at the Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra in Milan (Italy) and The Royal College of Organists (London). He participated in master classes in organ performance (Ullrich Böhme, Andrew Dewar, Pieter van Dijk, François Espinasse, Bernhard Gfrerer, François-Henri Houbart, Oliver Penin, Louis Robilliard, Daniel Roth, Jean-Claude Zehnder and others), organ improvisation (Frédéric Blanc, Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, Thierry Escaich, Gaétan Jarry, Samuel Liégeon, Baptiste-Florian Marle-Ouvrard, Wolfgang Seifen, Sietze de Vries and others) and liturgical music (Roman Catholic and Anglican). He recorded several CDs and has been publishing in renowned British, Canadian, and American periodicals. As a musician-instrumentalist, he conducts lively international concert activities, performing several dozen recitals annually in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia. He also completed master’s studies, doctoral studies and habilitated doctorate in management. As an Associate Professor, Vice-Rector for Scientific Research and head of the Institute for Management Research at Collegium Civitas, he conducts interdisciplinary research at the interface between management, aesthetics and art, as well as teaching activities.
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