Organist Johannes Skudlik (Germany) and cellist Bartłomiej Pacan (Poland) will perform on 1 August 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Polanica-Zdrój as part of the 28th International Concerts of Organ and Chamber Music.
International Concerts of Organ and Chamber Music in Polanica-Zdrój is a festival presenting great works of classical and contemporary music performed by renowned artists from Poland and abroad. In addition to important artistic goals, the concerts play a significant educational role through lectures on the history of music as well as socio-cultural role by cultivating the centuries-old tradition of concertising in the Lower Silesian temples, raising the cultural and tourist attractiveness of the region and promoting Polish musical culture among tourists from abroad.
The programme of this year's edition of the Festival will include works by outstanding organ music composers (J.S. Bach, F. Mendelsohn-Bartholdy, J. Pachelbel, G.F. Handel et al.) as well as organ transcriptions of classical and contemporary instrumental music. On 1 August Johannes Skudlik, the artistic director of the organ festival in Palermo, and Bartłomiej Pacana, laureate of many cello competition, will present works of Johann Sebastian Bach, Vincent Dubois, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Léon Boëllmann.
Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.
DOWNLOAD: Festival Programme