program

Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Jazz Orchestra, No. 1
i. Waltz
ii. Polka
iii. Foxtrot

Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto
i. Allegro Moderato
ii. Andante
iii. Moderato; Con Moto

INTERMISSION

Duke Ellington, adapted from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite
i. Overture
ii. Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed Pipes)
iii. Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
iv. Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)
v. Entr'Acte
vi. Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
vii. Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
viii. Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
ix. Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)

NOV 30 - DEC 1, 2012

THE BIG BAND SHOW

The Big Band Show is a rare chance to experience the power and beauty of a full 26-piece big band in an extraordinary range of music written for the genre. Art of Time regulars John Johnson, Rob Piltch, Andrew Downing and Davide di Renzo, are joined by jazz giants Mike Murley, Al Kay, Kevin Turcotte, John MacLeod and a who's who of Canadian jazz artists to perform Duke Ellington's 1960 Nutcracker Suite. Virtuoso classical clarinetist James Campbell is featured in Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, commissioned by the American bandleader Woody Herman in 1945. Rounding out the slate is Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No. 1, representing American big band jazz as filtered through the creative mind of one of the greatest classical composers of the 20th century. 

LOCATION

Enwave Theatre

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