The "Bydgoszcz Sound Festival" will continue and expand upon the long-standing tradition of the Summer Concerts at Bydgoszcz Cathedral, ultimately evolving into a year-round event. The Festival’s concept is to bring together renowned artists and representatives of Bydgoszcz’s music community, as well as outstanding instrumentalists and creators from all over Poland. The Festival will also include regular All Souls’ Day events: All Souls’ Day in Antoni and the All Souls’ Day Concert at the Church of the Holy Cross.

The festival will be free and open to the public. Organized in collaboration with local institutions, it will establish a permanent cultural offering for the city and strengthen Bydgoszcz’s identity as a creative hub aligned with the principles of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

The festival is organized by the Andrzej Szwalbe Heritage Association, and the festival’s artistic director is the association’s president, Paweł Pawłowicz.

Music – City – Memory | In the Sound of Bydgoszcz
The Festival’s guiding principle is Andrzej Szwalbe’s idea: understanding culture as a common good, building a strong musical identity for Bydgoszcz, and integrating artistic communities around ambitious and long-term projects.

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

1. Organ + Quartet
Andrzej Szwalbe’s Birthday Anniversary
June 27, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Dom Polski, 1 Grodzka St., Bydgoszcz
Marek Przywarty – organ,
Ensemble Inégalité:
Historical violin – Natalia Tyrańska, Karolina Wróbel-Krysztoforska
Historical viola – Małgorzata Feldgebel
Historical cello – Weronika Kulpa
Program:
D. Buxtehude – Prelude in F-sharp minor, BuxWV 146
G. F. Handel – Concerto in G minor, HWV 289
J. S. Bach – Concerto in A minor, BWV 593
G. F. Handel – Concerto in B-flat major, HWV 290

2. Organ solo
July 11, 2026, 7:00 p.m., St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bydgoszcz
Tomasz Orlow – organ
Program:
Improvised organ recital:
1. T. Orlow – Chorale Prelude for full organ (c.f. bass) on the theme of the hymn “Bogurodzica”
2. T. Orlow – 20th-Century-Style Diptych on the theme of the hymn “Z dawna Polski Tyś Królową”
– Allegro romantico
- Fugato sinfonico
3. T. Orlow - Introduction and Passacaglia in C minor in the German Romantic style
4. T. Orlow - Fantasy and Fugue in G minor in the German Baroque style

3. Organ + electronics
July 18, 2026, 7:00 p.m., St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bydgoszcz
Piotr Rojek – organ, Anna Suda – electronics
Program:
Organ improvisations in correlation with electronics

4. Organ + saxophone
August 8, 2026, 7:00 p.m., St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bydgoszcz
SorgAnX: Mikołaj Sarad—saxophone, Michał Dzięcioł—organ
Program:
1. Denis Bedard – Sonata No. 1 for organ and alto saxophone
2. Miłosz Bembinow – Little Sketch
3. Miłosz Bembinow – KOMEDitAtion
4. Theodore Dubois - Toccata (organ solo)
5. Claude Debussy - Syrinx (saxophone solo)
6. Aigars Raumanis - Doloroso

5. Organ + Men’s Choir
August 15, 2026, 7:00 p.m.,
St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral in Bydgoszcz
Tomasz Soczek – organ,
Men’s Choral Ensemble, choirmaster Paweł Pawłowicz
Program:
1. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) – Toccata
2. Introit for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Gaudeamus Omnes in Domino”
3. Girolamo Frescobaldi – Ricercar con obligo di cantare la quinta parte senza toccarla from the *Messa della Madonna* in the *Fiori musicali* cycle
4. Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707) – Magnificat in the first tone, BuxWV 203, alternatim
5. Alleluia, Ave Maria
6. Max Reger (1873–1916) - Ave Maria in D-flat major, Op. 80 No. 5
7. Ave Maris Stella
8. Charles Tournemire (1870–1939) -Fantaisie-Improvisation sur l'Ave maris stella
9. Tomasz Soczek (*1990) - Rosa Carmeli for soprano, organ, and Gregorian choir
(guest performer: Joanna Soczek – soprano)
10. Salve Regina – solemn tone
11. Anton Heiller (1923–1979) - Fantasia super “Salve Regina”

6. All Souls’ Day Concert
November 2, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Church of the Holy Cross, Bydgoszcz
Kamila Abrahamowicz-Szlempo – vocals
Afanasiev/Szymanowski Trio
St. Gregory’s Choir, cond. Paweł Pawłowicz
Cantores Sancti Crucis Choir, cond. Jan Chęsy
Program:
Improvised “canons”

7th All Souls’ Day at St. Anthony’s
November 7, 2026, 7:00 p.m., Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz Baroque Ensemble:
Wiktoria Pancerz, Victoria Lerche-Kurpas – soprano
Witold Wilgos – theorbo
Łukasz Macioszek – violone
Paweł Pawłowicz – positive organ

Program:
François Couperin, *Leçons de Ténèbres*

Honorary Patronage:
His Excellency Bishop Krzysztof Włodarczyk
Michał Sztybel, Governor of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

Organizer:
Andrzej Szwalbe Heritage Association

Partners:
Diocese of Bydgoszcz
Diocesan Institute of Church Music
Cathedral Parish of Sts. Martin and Nicholas
Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Bydgoszcz
Parish of the Holy Cross in Bydgoszcz
REMEDIA Creative Agency
Margrafsen Publishing House
Biletigo.pl

Media Sponsors:
Radio PiK
TVP Bydgoszcz / TVP Info
Tygodnik Bydgoski
Love Bydgoszcz
Express Bydgoski
Nasze Miasto
Press Office of the Diocese of Bydgoszcz
Radio Plus
Weekendowa Bydgoszcz

Sponsors:
Qartis SA
Stalex
Rudostal
lampcar
Kwar Fotografia
Good Press
Beata Raczak Flower Shop

Project co-financed by the City of Bydgoszcz.

Free admission.

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