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The Rites of Spring
Tuesday May 21st, 2024 with Jason Fuerst
Jazz in classical

Exploring some works that incorporate jazz elements
Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz from Suite for Promenade Orchestra (Jazz Suite No. 2)
Guy Few, trumpet; Nadina Mackie Jackson, bassoon; Toronto Chamber Orchestra; Kevin Mallon, conductor - Bacchanale: Music for Trumpet & Bassoon - MSR Classics Canadian
Arranged by Fraser Jackson
Dana Suesse: Jazz Nocturne
Sara Davis Beuchner, piano - Jazz Nocturne: The Collected Piano Music of Dana Suesse - E1 Music International Classics
John Williams: Cantina Band
London Symphony Orchestra; John Williams, conductor - Star Wars: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Lucasfilm Ltd.
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Les Concertos Pour Piano / Concertinos - Decca Music Group Limited Canadian
I. Allegramente
Florence Beatrice Price: Summer Moon
Lara Downes, piano - Florence Price Piano Discoveries - Flipside Music
Morton Gould: Derivations for Clarinet and Band
Benny Goodman, clarinet; Columbia Jazz Combo; Morton Gould, conductor - Benny Goodman - Bartók / Bernstein / Copland / Gould / Stravinsky – Collector's Edition - Compositions & Collaborations - CBS Records
IV. Ride-Out
Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Benny Goodman, clarinet; Columbia Jazz Combo; Leonard Bernstein, conductor - Benny Goodman - Bartók / Bernstein / Copland / Gould / Stravinsky – Collector's Edition - Compositions & Collaborations - CBS Records
Duke Ellington: Harlem
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Järvi, conductor - Still: Symphony No. 2 - Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - Ellington: Harlem - Chandos Records