Unforgettable TV series themes for three trombones and tuba, The Beatles' She Loves You for four bassoons, themes from Pulp Fiction and The Last of the Mohicans played by five cellos and a classical string quartet taking on musical tunes from Porgy and Bess and West Side Story – the repertoire of the July concerts in the Philharmonic Music Summer series fully reflects the holiday mood and summer chill. In addition, instead of a large symphonic cast, we will be admiring the capabilities and versatility of the Kraków Philharmonic’s artists in chamber ensembles – often completely unorthodox, as you can see from our introduction. The Brass Riders, a quartet of bassoonists, the Cellostrada quintet and the Żeleński String Quartet invite you to discover their extraordinary sound on successive Saturdays in July. For the first three concerts, we will meet in the gardens of the Austrian Consulate General, then (until the end of August) we will move to the palm house in the Botanical Garden.

The August edition will feature hits of Polish popular music performed by classical musicians, who can also be quite frivolous in the summer, miniatures of 19th and 20th century classical masters performed by four viola players and a cellist, and holiday waltzes and polkas imported directly from 19th century Vienna. The programme dedicated to Stanisław Moniuszko on the 150th anniversary of his death will be intimate, lyrical and folkloric, and at the very end of the summer holidays, songs of Kabaret Starszych Panów and Henryk Wars will be sung by the Kraków Philharmonic Men's Vocal Ensemble.

5 July 2025, 6pm
Gardens of the Consulate General of Austria
Brass Riders:
Tomasz Stolarczyk – trombone
Andrzej Tkaczyk – trombone
Tomasz Gajewski – trombone
Jarosław Jastrzębski – tuba

Brass RidersSummer Sounds
Brass Riders Fanfare
Dennis Armitage – Let’s all Take it Easy
Dennis Armitage – Sweet and Mellow
Dennis Armitage – Happy-Go-Lucky Rag
A.C. Jobim – Wave (arr. Philip Thrift)
The Beatles – Yesterday
The Beatles – Let it be
The Beatles – Hey Jude
Something stupid (arr. Tomasz Stolarczyk)
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz – Alternatywy 4 (arr. Tomasz Stolarczyk)
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz – Podróż za jeden uśmiech (arr. Tomasz Stolarczyk)
Henry Mancini – Pink Panther
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean (arr. Tomasz Stolarczyk)
Philip Sousa – The Washington Post
Henryk Kuźniak – Jeszcze raz Vabank (arr. Tomasz Stolarczyk)

12 July 2025, 4pm
Gardens of the Consulate General of Austria
Wojciech Turek – bassoon
Adam Mróz – bassoon
Zdzisław Bogacz – bassoon
Marcin Krakowski – bassoon

Garden of Bassoon Sounds
Geoffrey Keating – Dance Hall Suite
Arthur Gray – The Nereids
Jesse Greer – Flapperette
Alan Rudout – Pigs for 4 bassoons 
Siergiej Prokofiew – Humoristisches Scherzo
W. Raymuond Walker – The Funny Bunny Hug
Nacio Herb Brown – The Wedding of the Painted Doll 
Manuel Panella – El Gato Montes
Nino Rota – Dolce Vita e Amarcord
Nino Rota – Canzone Arrabbiata
The Beatles – She loves you
Chanson Repollsif – French Song

19 July 2025, 6pm
Gardens of the Consulate General of Austria
Cellostrada:
Jacek Bielecki – cello
Michał Dąbek – cello
Miłosz Krcha – cello
Marcin Kulig – cello
Michał Świstak – cello

Musical Film Frames
in programme: M. Lorenc, D. Shostakovich, W. Kazanecki, A. Kurylewicz, J. Matuszkiewicz, T. Dun. R. Djawadi, A. Lloyd Webber, E. Morricone, D. Dale, T. Jones, H. Zimmer

26 July 2025, noon
Palm House of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Żeleński String Quartet:
Jadwiga Bialic – violin
Katarzyna Jawor – violin
Anna Migdał-Chojecka – viola
Alicja Gach – cello

At the Old Movie Theatre
Frederick Loewe –My Fair Lady theme
Glenn Miller – Moon Light Serenade 
John Kander – New York, New York  
Henry Mancini – Moon River
Leonard Bernstein – America from West Side Story 
George Gershwin – Sumertime from Porgy and Bess 
Carlos Gardel – Por Una Cabeza 
Nino Rota –Romeo and Juliet theme
Andrew Lloyd Webber – The Phantom of the Opera theme
Nino Rota – The Godfather theme
George Gershwin – The Blue Rhapsody

2 August 2025, noon
Palm House of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Green Dolphins:
Stanisław Plewniak – vocal
Magdalena Di Blasi – flute
Michał Poniżnik – bass clarinet
Marek Gumiela – horn
Błażej Michna – viola / arrangements
Marta Czepielowska – viola
Marta Nagawiecka – cello

in programme: song from the repertoires of Zbigniew Wodecki, Andrzej Zaucha and Skaldowie

9 August 2025, noon
Palm House of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Anna Migdał-Chojecka – viola
Marta Czepielowska – viola
Marek Ulański – viola
Błażej Michna – viola / arrangements
Duszan Korczakowski – double bass

Classical Masters of the 19th and 20th Century – Miniatures 
Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue in D minor
Gabriel Fauré – Berceuse, Op. 16
Gabriel Fauré – Romans bez słów, Op. 17 No. 3
Antonio Ruiz-Pipó – Canción y Danza No. 1
Edward Grieg – Erotik, Op. 43 No. 5
Mieczysław Karłowicz – songs (selection)
Scarborough Fair (trad.)
Danny Boy (trad.)
Alexander Borodin – Polovtsian Dances (fragment)
Claude Debussy – La fille aux cheveux de lin
Astor Piazzolla – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla – Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla – Adiós Nonino
Andrew Lloyd-Webber – All I Ask of You
Jean Sibelius – Valse triste

16 August 2025, noon
Palm House of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Paula Maciołek – soprano
Paweł Wójtowicz – violin
Anna Wójtowicz – violin
Błażej Michna – viola
Franciszek Pall – cello
Duszan Korczakowski – double bass
Kristina Kutnik – keyboard instruments

Summertime Waltzes and Polkas
Johann Strauss II – The Blue Danube
Johann Strauss II – Adela’s aria from The Bat
Johann Strauss II – Annen-Polka op. 117
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5
Imre Kálmán – Silva’s Csardas from The Csardas Princess
Vittorio Monti – Csardas
Franz Lehár – Lied und Csardas from Gypsy Love
Johann Strauss II – Pizzicato Polka, Op. 449
E. Valentin – Polka Janosz
Imre Kálmán – Maritza’s Csardas from The Countess Maritza
Josef Strauss – Feuerfest, Op. 269
Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 7
Franz Lehár – Meine Lippen from Giuditta
Johann Strauss II – Trisch-Trasch Polka, Op. 214

23 August 2025, noon
Palm House of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Soloists:
Bernarda Grembowiec – soprano
Elżbieta Król-Dryja – mezzo-soprano
Bartłomiej Chorąży – tenor
Paweł Szarpak – baritone
Archi String Quartet:
Anna Hara-Pióro – violin
Bogusława Ziegelheim – violin
Błażej Michna – viola / song arrangments
Agata Sanchez Martos – cello

Lyrical and Folk Melodies: Stanisław Moniuszko’s Chamber Works (the 150th death anniversary)
Stanisław Moniuszko – songs (selection)
Stanisław Moniuszko – Polonaise from The Countess
Stanisław Moniuszko –Halka’s recitative and aria from II act of Halka
Stanisław Moniuszko –Jadwiga’s recitative and aria from The Haunted Manor
Stanisław Moniuszko –Miecznik’s aria from The Haunted Manor
Selected dances from the string quartets of Z. Noskowski, S. Moniuszko and M.K. Ogiński

30 August 2025, noon
Palm House of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University
Songs of the Kabaret Starszych Panów and Henryk Wars
Kraków Philharmonic Men's Vocal Ensemble
Bartłomiej Chorąży
Tomasz Świerczek
Piotr Piwko
Michał Jan Barański
Paweł Szarpak
Bartłomiej Pollak
Piotr Brajner
Marcin Wróbel – artistic direction
Agnieszka Ignaszewska-Magiera – piano