Organ Recital – St Ninian’s Cathedral Perth – 8th November 2023

My bio:

Michał Szostak, organist, improviser, and researcher, was born in 1980 in Poland. He is a Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance (The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw) who studied in Poland, Italy (Pontificio Istituto Ambrosiano di Musica Sacra in Milan) and the UK (The Royal College of Organists, London). As an internationals concert organist, he performs dozens of recitals annually in Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Africa. His organological publications are issued regularly by organ magazines: British “The Organ”, Canadian “Organ Canada”, American “The Diapason”, and “The Vox Humana”. Member of The Royal College of Organists, London, The American Guild of Organists, and The Organ Historical Society, USA. The former Music Director and the Principal Organist at the Sanctuary of the Virgin Mary in Licheń Stary (the largest organ in Poland, 157/6M+P). He recorded on CDs. In addition, he has completed Master’s and PhD studies in Management (Leon Koźmiński University, Warsaw). As an Associate Professor at the University of Social Sciences and Head of the Institute for Management Research at Collegium Civitas, he conducts interdisciplinary scientific works at the interface between Management, Art, and Aesthetics, as well as extensive didactic activities. He has been a business practitioner in an international environment for many years. More on the website: www.michalszostak.org

My program:

1. Bach, Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
2. G. Böhm, Choral Vater unser im Himmelreich, IGB 24
3. Improvisation, Italian Concerto: Allegro-Adagio-Allegro
4. L. van Beethoven, Symphony in C Minor, Op. 65, No 5, Allegro con brio
5. F. Chopin, Nocturne E flat Major, Op. 9, No 2
6. L.J.A. Lefébure-Wély, Sortie in E flat Major, L’Organiste moderne, 11me livraison, no 1
7. Improvisation, Symphonic Variations on a well-known theme