On the Arents Memorial Organ:

from Premier livre d’orgue: Suite du premier ton
Grand plein jeu
Fugue grave
Recit de cromorne
Grand dialogue

Fantasy and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537


Priére, Op. 20


from Symphonie Gothique, Op. 70
Andante sostenuto
Allegro

Notturno


Postludium, from Glagolic Mass

Jacques Boyvin
(1649-1706)




Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)

César Franck
(1822-1890)

Charles-Marie Widor
(1844-1937)


Bedrich Anton Wiedermann
(1883-1951)

Leos Janácek
(1854-1928)

PETER PLANY studied at the Conservatoire in Ostrava and at the Academy of Musical Arts in Prague, where he graduated from the organ department and persued postgraduate studies in musicology. He participated in masterclasses in Paris, Assisi and St. Bertrand de Comminges in France, where he was awarded diplomas and attestations with excellent evaluation of his performance. Petr Plany is considered to be an important solo player. He regularly gives concerts at home and abroad (Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain, Denmark, Spain, Russia, Poland, Slovakia, U.S.A., Japan), records for Czech Radio, and often premieres compositions of contemporary Czech composers. He also serves as a jury member for several international organ competitions. In addition to solo performance, Petr Plany works serves as associate professor of the Department of Music Education at the Palacky University, Olomouc, in the town which is considered to the capital of Moravian historical organs. On November 1st, 1999, Petr Plany was appointed as the organ consultant of the Archdiocese of Olomouc.