Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Branford Marsalis

Jan 22, 2022
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Branford Marsalis

Overview

One of jazz’s most revered musicians, Branford Marsalis collaborates with the innovative Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for a program that explores the intersection of jazz and classical, from Debussy’s jazz-inspired Rhapsody to a newly commissioned work by Courtney Bryan that uses Bizet’s famous themes from Carmen

Program
Rossini

Overture to The Barber of Seville

Bryan

Carmen, Jazz Suite on Themes by Bizet

Turina

La oración del torero

Debussy

Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

Ibert

Concertino da camera for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

Jobim

The Girl from Ipanema [Encore]

Performers

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