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Brandford Marsalis + Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
Courtesy of Mara Rupners | Posted on September 29, 2023
Where
Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY
Map
914-251-6200
When
Fri, October 13, 2023
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Branford Marsalis
saxophoneOrpheus Chamber Orchestra
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Revered jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis teams up with the innovative Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for "Rythmé de Vie," a program that meets at the intersection of jazz and classical.
Orpheus and saxophonist Branford Marsalis have spent decades fine-tuning a connection that transcends stylistic labels. In this program, they revisit Ibert’s Concertino da Camera from their landmark 2001 album together, Creation, and bask in a close-knit arrangement of Debussy’s sultry Rhapsody. Veteran Orpheus arrangers Javier Diaz and Jannina Norpoth make the ensemble shine in foreign escapades from two geniuses of genre-hopping: George Gershwin and Cuba’s Ernesto Lecuona...