Saturday 24th June 2017

Jazz Meets Bristol Symphony

Featuring special guest

Andy Sheppard saxophone

Clifton Cathedral 7.30pm

Presenting:

Andy Sheppard Saxophone

Rhythm Section

Dan Moore – piano
Tony Orrell – drums

Ben Groenevelt – bass

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Bristol Symphony

70 piece orchestra

William Goodchild Conductor
Pamela Bell Principal Leader

Programme:
Copland:    Fanfare for the Common Man
Bernstein:  West Side Story Symphonic Dances
Gershwin:   Porgy and Bess Suite for Saxophone,

                         Rhythm Section and Orchestra, (arr. William Goodchild)

Riley:          In C

Bristol Symphony warmly welcomes international jazz saxophonist, Andy Sheppard, to perform Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Suite, as part of an exciting all-American programme, where jazz meets Bristol Symphony. For Fanfare for the Common Man, composer Aaron Copland was inspired by vice president Henry A Wallace's famous 1942 speech, where he proclaimed the dawning of the 'Century of the Common Man'. West Side Story remains an essential part of the history of American theatre. Composer Leonard Bernstein assembled nine sections from his musical to make a dynamic orchestral concert piece, the Symphonic Dances. The work captures all the energy, drama and excitement of the original, including a portrayal of  the chaotic pace of New York life in the 1950s. The concert concludes with Terry Riley's seminal minimalist work, In C.

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Read Andy Sheppard's biography HERE
 

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