The performance is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 8PM.
On Saturday, October 14, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, New York's iconically conductor-less chamber orchestra, begins its 51st season with a musical partner and old friend, saxophonist Branford Marsalis.
Orpheus and saxophonist Marsalis have enjoyed collaborating on dozens of performances and recordings over the years, and they have developed a uniquely inherent musical connection.
New Orleans-born Branford Marsalis, who has collaborated with everyone from the Grateful Dead and Sting, to Spike Lee to his own legendary family, is an award-winning saxophonist, band leader, featured classical soloist, and a film and Broadway composer. In the process, he has become a multi award-winning artist with three Grammys, a citation by the National Endowment for the Arts as a Jazz Master and an avatar of contemporary artistic excellence
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
RAVEL Très rythmé from String Quartet (Orchestrated by Michi Wiancko*)
IBERT Concertino da camera
Allegro con moto
Larghetto –
Animato molto
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
LECUONA Andalucía (Orchestrated by Jannina Norpoth*)
Córdova
Andaluza
Alhambra
Gitanerías
Guadalquivir
Malagueña
Antonio GARCÍA Homecoming: A New Orleans Journey (New Orpheus Commission)
Road Home –
The Reckoning –
The Latin Quartet
Guardians
DEBUSSY Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (Orchestrated by Zachary Wadsworth*)
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
GERSHWIN An American in Paris (Adapted by Javier Diaz*)
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
*Commissioned by Orpheus
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