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New York Premiere of Wynton Marsalis' Blues Symphony at Rose Theater
Courtesy of Jensen Artists | Posted on March 17, 2015
Where
Rose Theater
33 West 60th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-258-9800
When
Thu, April 9, 2015
8:00 pm
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Musicians
American Composers Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraGeorge Manahan
composer / conductorUri Caine
pianoAbout
ACO presents the NY premiere of jazzmaster Wynton Marsalis' recently completed Blues Symphony. A rare work for purely orchestral forces by the jazz legend, Marsalis' symphony celebrates blues through the prism of moments in American and African-American history and folklore (Marsalis does not perform in this work). The world premiere of Sanctum by Courtney Bryan, a New Orleans-based composer and alumna of ACO's Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute, explores improvisation in Holiness-preaching traditions. Completing the program is a revised and expanded version of Uri Caine's Double Trouble, a combination of fixed musical forms, freedom and spontaneity featuring the composer at the piano.