Mateusz Kowalski / Maciej Zakrzewski

This concert will be a true premiere evening. The organ-guitar duo of Zakrzewski & Kowalski will perform for the festival audience in their debut performance. This will also be the duo’s first presentation of the repertoire from their joint album.

During the concert, we will hear for the first time Maciej Zakrzewski’s composition There is Always Hope, written specifically for the Silesian Guitar Autumn Festival 2024. Almost all the pieces in the concert programme will be performed live in arrangements for guitar and organ. Notably, for the first time in the history of the Silesian Guitar Autumn, the organ will be featured.

Performers:
Mateusz Kowalski – guitar
Maciej Zakrzewski – organ

Programme:
Harvey Hope – Love Song op. 54 for guitar and organ / arr. Maciej Zakrzewski
Harvey Hope – Four New Folk Songs op. 57:
Chant Rondeau for guitar
Ballad for guitar
Shanty – Sea Song for organ / arr. Maciej Zakrzewski
Round Dance – Finale for organ / arr. Maciej Zakrzewski
Joaquín Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez part I and II for guitar and organ
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major BWV 552 (organ)

Maciej Zakrzewski – Hope / improvisation
Harvey Hope – Fantasie op. 55:
Second Movement for guitar and organ / arr. M. Zakrzewski
Maciej Zakrzewski – There is Always Hope for guitar and organ
Harvey Hope – De Madrugada op. 56 part III for guitar and organ / arr. M. Zakrzewski

Tickets available through the Silesian Philharmonic: filharmonia-slaska.eu.

Organisers: the Municipal Culture Centre in Tychy and the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic

Partner: Culture for Tolerance Foundation

The festival pass does not cover the concert.