A TASTE OF JAZZ. La Banda ens apropa

REPERTOIRE

Manfred Schneider: Jazz Suite 12’
Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town (1949) 11’
Dmitri Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (1927) 3’
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess. Selection (1935) 9’
Benny Goodman: Benny Goodman Memories 8’

ARTISTS

Barcelona Symphonic Band (BMB)
Ximo Tarín, conductor
Els Pirates Teatre

PROGRAMME

An exceptional concert by the Band brings us closer to the world of jazz and how it has interacted with classical music. The Jazz Suite by Manfred Schneider opens a programme for all audiences and tastes, featuring, of course, the work of Leonard Bernstein, who bridged these two worlds with his music and work as a broadcaster.  The concert features three scenes from his musical On the Town.

In a very different context, Dmitri Shostakovich’s incursion into jazz was already evident in Tahiti Trot, written in 1927.  The programme could not fail to include the names of George Gershwin and clarinettist Benny Goodman, with a selection from the opera Porgy and Bess by the former, and a tribute to the latter in Benny Goodman Memories.