Moniuszko Arrangements jazz dœuvres vocales Sleziak Kalicki Zboch - AP0493

When we think about the music of Stanislaw Moniuszko, the first connotations are usually: opera, annexation, reinvigoration of the nation… It proves to be quite difficult to look at the master’s music without historical connotations, as they have shaped his entire creative output. However, if we succeed, we discover a fantastic composer, gifted with an incredible ease of composing, a melodist and lyricist, whose musical themes, such as Przasniczka (Spinner) are known by everyone since their childhood. Jazz musicians often took to the classics, utilizing the works of Bach, Beethoven or Chopin as a canvas, giving them a completely new dimension. Each of those projects was a form of tribute to those great composers, without whom it is impossible to imagine what contemporary music would look like. The recently passed 200th anniversary of Stanislaw Moniuszko gave the impulse to rediscover his music. The meeting of classic and jazz musicians in join arrangements by Bartosz Kalicki and Dariusz Zboch were possible and very well received by the audience. They gave a new sound to well-known themes, changing their characters, proposing musical associations, which until now may have been considered unrealistic. Musical States of Moniuszko? Why not!