Rose Garden of Arts 2022. Social dancing is back! See the programme.

We warmly invite you to open-air concerts every Sunday in July and August at noon in the Rose Garden. Artists from the Szczecin, as well as those representing the national and international music scene, will perform. The programme includes classical, jazz and pop music standards.

Social dancing in the Rose Garden, much-loved by the residents of Szczecin, is back. During this year’s dance meetings, we will be partying to the rhythms of both native pop music and world hits. We meet on the dance floor on Sundays: 17 and 31 July, and 14 and 28 August, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. You can also enjoy the Rose Garden Reading Room, an open-air free book zone. Anyone visiting the Rose Garden will be allowed to leave, take or read a book on the spot. We INVITE you to the open-air reading room every day!

July

 

Sunday, 17.07

12:00 p.m.

THE GOLDEN ERA OF BIGBIT – THE VOICE SENIOR FINALISTS

A concert that includes songs that were composed in the 1960s, have survived more than 60 years, and are still fresh and performed today. The performance will include songs by Kasia Sobczyk, Helena Majdaniec, Czerwone Gitary, Jacek Lech, Karin Stanek, Adriana Rusowicz, Czesław Niemen and many others. The performers will be the Voice Senior 2 finalists: Małgorzata Sitek and Andrzej Szpak, together with a band.

5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Social dancing in the Rose Garden

On Sunday afternoon we will be partying to the rhythms of well-known and loved hits.

Sunday, 24.07

12:00 p.m.

Baltic Neopolis Quartet. Concert “Carmen Fantazy” by Wioletta Hebrowska-Klein – mezzo-soprano.
The concert programme: W. A. Mozart, Overture from the opera “The Marriage of Figaro”; Georg Friedrich Händel, Aria from the opera “Xerxes” “Ombra mai fu”; Georg Friedrich Händel, aria from the opera “Rinaldo” “Lascia ch’io pianga”; Giacomo Puccini, “Chrysanthemum” for string quarter; Joaquín Turina “Oración del Torero”; Georges Bizet, Aria from the opera “Carmen” “Seguidilla”; Georges Bizet, Aria from the Opera “Carmen” “Habanera”.

Sunday, 31.07

Summer Jazz Fiesta 2022

Dorrey Lin Lyles, “Brygada” (Brigade), Jakub Mizeracki and Tytus Łajdecki with his new band “Marakuja”.

12:00 p.m.  – 12:30 p.m.

Sylwester Ostrowski – Jakub Mizeracki “Jazz Brigade”

Sylwester Ostrowski – Szczecin tenor saxophonist, composer, leader of the “Jazz Brigade”, and jazz promoter. He has performed and recorded songs with the world’s leading jazz artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Erykah Badu, Deborah Brown, Darius Brubeck, Keyon Harrold and Freddie Hendrix. He is the originator and artistic director of the Szczecin Jazz Festival.

Jakub Mizeracki – guitarist of the Skicki-Skiuk and ZK Collaboration bands. In 2016, he won the Grand Prix of the jazz individuality competition of the Jazz over the Oder River festival. In 2019, he rated third at the Jarosław Śmietana international competition. He has performed with, among others, Billy Cobham, Leszek Możdżer, Bobby Watson, Nigel Kennedy, Karen Edwards and Eric Allen. He is a member of the Jazz Forum Talents team. He is also the winner of Jazz Forum magazine’s annual poll “Jazz TOP 2021” and a Polish representative at the International Jazz Festival in Amesfoort, the Netherlands 2021 and 2022.

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Dorrey Lin Lyles – excellent American singer. She is well known for her hit song “It’s Raining Men” and collaboration with the band “The Weather Girls”. Dorrey combines the gospel genre with blues, soul and jazz in her solo career. She was a singer in the band “The Weather Girls” that recorded the best-selling song  “It’s Raining Men”. She won the prestigious McDonald’s Gospel Fest Best Director Award. She collaborates with musicians from all over the world. The concerts she gives grip the audience of all ages. She is go-getting and always makes a splash, promoting jazz at the highest level.

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Tytus Łajdecki “Marakuja”

Marakuja Jazz Band is a Polish-Spanish jazz band composed of Tymoteusz Wójtewicz – bass guitar and double bass, Michał Modrzyński – piano, Norbert Itrich – drums, and Tytus Łajdecki – tenor and soprano saxophone. The project brings together young musicians, students of the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz from different parts of Poland and Spain. As a result, their action plan focuses not only on Poland, but also on the drummer’s home country.

Marakuja is a project that aims to primarily appeal to young people who appreciate acoustic music. The musical direction of the project is Jazz comprehending today’s realities, but not forgetting about the traditions and origins of this music.

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Social dancing in the Rose Garden, another party this season, addressed to all lovers of open-air dancing to the music we all know and love.

AUGUST

Sunday, 07.08

12:00 p.m.

A SONG IS GOOD FOR EVERYTHING. The concert programme includes songs from the Kabaret Starszych Panów (Elderly Gentlemen’s Cabaret), recalling the most brilliant musical and literary duo, and the intellectual works of Jerzy Wasowski and Jeremi Przybora with their characteristic sense of humour, not treating life so seriously, great sensitivity and intelligent dialogue with a demanding audience ‒ the ability that is so rare these days. The challenge of performing this unique selection of songs was taken up by two artists: Julita Kozuszek and Dorota Wasilewska, who will strive to take nothing away from the nuance and sense of humour that characterise the works of both masters.

Sunday, 14.08

12:00 p.m.

A concert of classical music performed by the Karłowicz Quartet. The band was formed in 2017 and it is composed of graduates from the best art schools in Poland, operating on a daily basis at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin. Since its formation, the Karłowicz Quartet has been actively involved not only in the artistic life of the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin, but also of the city and the region. The band has taken part in numerous concerts and festivals, both in Poland and abroad. The band is composed of: Elżbieta Fabiszak-Dąbrowska – violin, Karolina Hyla-Wybraniec – violin, Magdalena Micke – viola, and Klara Świdrów – cello. The concert will feature pieces of music composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Vivaldi (arrangement for string quartet – Elżbieta Fabiszak-Dąbowska).

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Social dancing in the Rose Garden to hot summer rhythms

Sunday, 21.08

12:00 p.m.

Ewka Ka is a band founded by Ewa Kempińska, a singer and songwriter from Szczecin. She creates her own songs, for which she draws inspiration from her thoughts and feelings. Her songs speak of strong inner dilemmas, joys and longings. She is a temperamental, irrepressible and unpredictable artist. The emphasis in her songs is placed on words and emotions, and her music invokes a Funky/Pop/R&B atmosphere. The band is composed of five Szczecin musicians: Ewa Kempińska – vocals, Robert Jarzębski – guitar, Aleksander Jastrząb – keyboards, Wojtek Górecki – bass guitar, and Marcin Panasiuk – drums.

Sunday, 28.08

12:00 p.m.

The Szczecińska Trzynastka Concert. The Szczecińska Trzynastka Orchestra seeks to promote the idea of uniting the community of musicians who play wind instruments, regardless of whether they are amateurs, learners or professionals, and to build the tradition of brass bands in our city. The Orchestra’s concerts take place wherever music makes life more pleasant for the residents of Szczecin and its visitors – on indoor and outdoor stages, during festivals and cultural events. It brings together many generations of musicians; the Orchestra is composed of The Brass Band of the “13 Muses” House of Culture, students of Szczecin’s music schools, students of the Academy of Arts, retired musicians from the Philharmonic and the Opera, as well as trained amateurs – people without musical education but with passion for music. Currently, there are 30 players in the Orchestra. Programme: P. Williams – Happy, A. L. Webber - Don’t Cry For Me Argentina Secret Garden - You Raise Me Up, Queen - Don't Stop Me Now, J. Williams - Star Wars, A. Franklin – Think, T. Beates – Guardians of the Galaxy, J. De Haan – Queens Park Melody, Sanah – Ale Jazz, Secret Garden – You Raise Me Up. The concert will be conducted by Stefan Królczyński.

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

The last social dancing in the Rose Garden in the season, during which the greatest hits will resound from the speakers.