Organ morning/Szymański/Art of memory

The history of music, like human memory, can be selective. Some of the above names, whose owners, after all, did not live in distant times, clearly testify to this. Although at one time they enjoyed recognition, they eventually gave way to composers whose art proved to be more enduring. The program of the recital draws attention to several such forgotten characters. Felix Borowski's strongly contrasted, late-Romantic I Sonata in A minor evokes a Chicago artist with Polish roots. Thema mit Variationen, which impresses with its variability of moods, is the calling card of Ernst Köhler, who in the second quarter of the 19th century co-created the musical environment of Wrocław, serving as a counter in the Church of St. Elizabeth. On the other hand, the virtuoso Fantasia in F minor places its author Konstanty Gorski — a violinist from Vilnius — next to the masters of this measure, such as Nowowiejski and Surzyński. Finally, Largo from Bolesław Szabelski's neoclassical Organ Sonata reminds us that the esteemed Silesian composer and pedagogue was an organist from his first education, extremely talented. Władysław Szymański — also strongly associated with Katowice and also a creator (as evidenced by Fantasia cromatica) — does not challenge the canon, but sheds light on its margins, thus convincing that memory is also art.

Piotr Mika (“The Musical Movement”)

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Performers: Władysław Szymański — organ

Program: Felix Borowski — Organ Sonata No. 1 in A minor; Ernst Köhler — Theme with Variations; Konstanty Gorski — Fantasy in F minor; Władysław Szymański — Fantasia cromatica; Bolesław Szabelski — Largo from Organ Sonata; Percy Fletcher — Festival Toccata