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POLSKA MUSIC
FOR ORGAN
MAREK KUDLICKI
ORGAN
October 12, 2014
2:30 p.m.
ASU Organ Hall

A511'Herberger Institute
FOR DESIGN AND THE ARTS
ARIZONA

STATE

UNIVERSITY

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BIOGRAPHY

POLSKA MUSIC FOR ORGAN

Warsaw Organ Tablature
Preludium primi toni
Canzona primi toni (I)
Canzona primi toni (II)
Fuga
Toccata tertio toni

Dance Suite

Anonymous
17th century

Jan of Lublin Tablature

c. i540
Toccata Prima

Georg Muffat

{1653-1704)
Fantasia ut re mi fa sol la

Hans Leo Hassler

{1564-1612)
Chanson de St. Jacques

Jean-Francois Dandrieu

{1682-1738)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor,

BWV 539

Elegy in F sharp minor, Op. 30

Johann-Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750)

Mieczyslaw Surzynski

{1866-1924)
Improvisations on the Polish Church
Hymn "Holy God," Op. 38

Marek Kudlicki is one of the few organists who earns his living almost
exclusively from appearing in concerts. He tours the world constantly and
has performed on every continent achieving great acclaim. He has often
appeared at international festivals as performer and judge for organ
competitions. His numerous performances have been presented in
conjunction with well known concert series in various music centers
(Stockholm, London, Vienna, Sydney, Wellington, New York,
Minneapolis, Bogota, Buenos Aires), as well as at renowned .concert halls
(Cracow Philharmonic, Cracow; Sala Luis-Angel Arango, Bogota;
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul; Roy
Thompso nHall, Toronto; Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong;
National Concert Hall, Taipei).
Mr. Kudlicki was born in Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland. He studied organ
(under Prof. Joachim Grubich) and conducting (under Prof. KIZ ysztof
Missona) at the Academy of Music in Cracow. He completed his diploma
with distinction. It is noteworthy that he began his musical ccr eer while
still a student, by giving concerts and recitals in many cities of Poland. He
won First Prize (and the Special Prize of the Polish Ministry of Culture
and Art) in the Organ Competition in Poland in i973. In the summer of
1973 he took part in the master course in Mechelen (Belgium ~augh thy
Prof. Flor Peeters, the noted interpreter of Cesar Franck's organ works. He
continued his postgraduate studies with renowned organist, Prof. Hans
Haselbi:ick at the Vienna Academy of Music .. In 1985, 3ooth anniversary
of J.S.Bach, Marek Kudlicki was invited to perform on the largest organ of
Asia in the International Festival in Seoul, Korea.
Mr. Kudlicki regu larly promotes Polis horgan mus i: in h i; programs. He
routinely includes works of native composers in his recitals and in h i;
recordings. For many years he has been actively engaged in artistic
activities as shown by the many concerts he has given in almost all of the
European countries and many times in the U.S.A. and Canada, as well as
in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico,
Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. His an rual coast to
coast North American tours are greeted with enthusiasm. This is his
jubilee 5oth American concert tour and his first appearance on the famous
Fritts organ at Arizona State University.

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Please join us for other concerts
in this year's ASU Organ Series:
Sunday, October 26, 2014 2:30 pm
Czech Music for Organ
We continue our exploration of organ music from Eastern Europe
with a varied program by Czech organist Frantisek Vanicek.
Sunday, Nov. 9 2:30 pm
Handel and Bach
Goldman professor of organ Kimberly Marshall presents organ
works by the German titans of the Baroque.
Sunday, Nov. 23 2:30 pm
Golden Age of the Italian Baroque
Italian organist Fabio Ciofini takes us to lih- and 18th_century
Italy with a concert featuring the Traeri organ, including
performances by Alessandra Montani on baroque cello.
Saturday, December 6, 2:30 and 5 pm
Sunday, December 7, 5 pm
12th Annual Organ Christmas concert
Kimberly Marshall and the ASU Organ Studio pull out all the stops