This festival is all about the richness of organ literature and the talent of the artists combined with the beauty of the historic interiors and the capabilities of Kraków's instruments. The International Festival Summer Organ Concerts will open with American Gail Archer, who will play on the reconstructed Renaissance instrument from the Benedictine Church in Tyniec. The program will also include 18th-century Italian sonatas commemorating the 225th anniversary of the death of Domenico Cimarosa, performed by the festival's artistic director, Dariusz Bąkowski-Kois; Italian Romantic music (Marco D'Avola); Baroque masterpieces by Bach and Handel (Roman Perucki, Tomasz Adam Nowak); organ arrangements of excerpts from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt suite, selected miniatures from Camille Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals and Frederic Chopin's preludes from Op. 28 (Kinga Kucharczyk and Marcin Kucharczyk); and a concert by an organ duo (a rarity!) featuring Hille Poroson and Tiia Tenno. The finale will feature Spanish music – compositions from the 16th to the 19th centuries will be presented by Pedro Alberto Sánchez.

30 May 2026 (Saturday), 3:30pm
Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, Church of Sts Peter and Paul
Inauguration recital in reconstructed Renaissance organ
Gail Archer (New Youk / USA)
Anónimo (Huerto ameno de varias flores de musica, 1709) Tiento lleno, primero tono
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566) Diferencias sobre el canto llano del Caballero
Girolamo Cavazzoni (c. 1525-1577)
Magnificat Quarti Toni
Ricercar [1540]
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Capriccio sopra il cucho F 4.03
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Est-ce Mars? SwWV 321
Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595-1663) Praeludium in d WV 34
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) Praeludium in g BuxWV 163

31 May 2026 (Sunday), 4pm
Pauline Basilica
Italian sonatas of the 18th century on the 225th anniversary of the death of Domenico Cimarosa
Dariusz Bąkowski-Kois (Kraków / Poland)
Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763) Sonata I in D
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
Sonata in A. Allegretto
Sonata in a. In modo siciliano
Sonata in B. Allegro
Sonata in g. Andantino
Sonata in B. Allegro
Giovanni Benedetto Platti Sonata III in F

3 June 2026 (Wednesday), 8:15pm
Holy Trinity Basilica (Dominican Basilica)
Michael Vetter (Bautzen / Germany)
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890) 3 Tonstücke, Op. 22
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Choral Improvisations, Op. 65
No. 59, Nun danket alle Gott
No. 38, Jesu, meine Freude
No. 39, Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Prelude and Fugue in E flat major BWV 552

7 June 2026 (Sunday), 5pm
St Anne’s Church
Italian Romantic Music
Marco D’Avola (Ragusa / Italy)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Sonata per Organo
Casta Diva (from Norma)
Giovanni Morandi (1777-1856) Offertorio in re maggiore
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) Sancta Maria
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Grande offertorio in do Maggiore
Improvisation
Vincenzo Antonio Petrali (1830-1889) Sonata Finale from Messa Solenne

12 June 2026 (Friday), 8:15pm
Holy Trinity Basilica (Dominican Basilica)
Külli Erikson (Kadrina / Estonia)
Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918)
Frohlich soll mein Herze springen
Werde munter mein Gemute
Peeter Süda (1883-1920) Ave Maria
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901) Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 132

14 June 2026 (Sunday), 4:30pm
St Anne’s Church
Roman Perucki (Gdańsk / Poland)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) Echo fantasia in a (aeolian) SwWV 275
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) Hexachordum Apollinis: Aria Prima in d
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) Fiori Musicali: Messa della Domenica
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) Concerto in B, Op. 4 No. 1 RV 383a
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Praeludium et fuga in e BWV 533a

19 June 2026 (Friday), 8:15pm
Holy Trinity Basilica (Dominican Basilica)
Tomasz Adam Nowak (Münster / Germany)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) Organ Concerto in F major “Cuckoo and Nightingale” HWV 295 (arr. John Marsh (1752–1828))
Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) Toccata con lo Scherzo del cucco
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Partitia No. 2 in D minor for violin solo BWV 1004 (arr. William Thomas Best (1826–1897)): V. Chaconne
César Franck (1822-1890) Andantino in G minor FWV 25
Improvisation on a given theme

21 June 2026 (Sunday), 4pm
St Stephen’s Church
Kinga Kucharczyk & Marcin Kucharczyk (Kraków / Poland)
Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) Improvisation sur le Te Deum /Marcin Kucharczyk/
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Peer Gynt, Op. 46 /Kinga Kucharczyk & Marcin Kucharczyk/
I. The Morning
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Preludes, Op. 28 /Kinga Kucharczyk/
No. 4 in E minor
No. 6 in B minor
No. 9 in E major
No. 13 in F sharp major
No. 20 in C minor
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) The Carnival of Animals /Kinga Kucharczyk & Marcin Kucharczyk/
VI. Aquarium
XIII. The Swan
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Carillon de Westminster, Op. 54 No. 6 /Marcin Kucharczyk/

24 June 2026 (Wednesday), 8:15pm
Holy Trinity Basilica (Dominican Basilica)
Stephan van de Wijgert (Utrecht / Netherlands)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847) Organ Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 65 No. 3
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) I Fantasia in E flat major R 78
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Enigma Variations, Op. 36

26 June 2026 (Friday), 7pm
St Stephen’s Church
Hille Poroson & Tiia Tenno (Tallinn / Estonia)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Orchestral Overture No. 1 in C major BWV 1066: I. Ouverture
Cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd BWV 208: IX. Schafe konnen sicher weiden
Peeter Süda (1883-1920)
Ave Maria
Fuga in f
Whitney Eugene Thayer (1838-1889) Ave Maria
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) Au Village, Op. 46 No. 4
Artur Kapp (1878-1952) Fuga con finale in f

30 June 2026 (Tuesday), 8pm
Carmelite Basilica
Final recital: Spanish organ music
Pedro Alberto Sánchez (Madryt / Spain)
Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566)
Pavana glosada
Diferencias sobre el Canto del Caballero
Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584-1654) Glosas sobre el Canto Llano de la Inmaculada Concepción
Pablo Bruna (1611-1679) Tiento de II Tono sobre la Letanía de la Virgen
Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644-1712)
Tiento XII de falsas (IV Modo)
Gallardas I
Antonio Soler (1729-1783)
Sonata in d R.102
Sonata in d R.104
Sebastián Durón (1660-1716) Gaitilla de mano izquierda
Eduardo Torres (1872-1934) Impresión Teresiana
Hilarión Eslava (1807-1878) Marcha de los Reyes Magos