Pianists Zhu Wang, Wu Han, and the Orion String Quartet explore the influence jazz has made on the classical music canon. Repertoire spans Gershwin’s beloved Rhapsody in Blue to Marsalis’ At the Octoroon Balls.
Zhu Wang,
piano
Wu Han,
piano
Orion String Quartet
Daniel Phillips,
violin
Todd Phillips,
violin
Steven Tenenbom,
viola
Timothy Eddy,
cello
RAVEL (18 min)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1923-27)
Allegretto
Blues: Moderato
Perpetuum mobile: Allegro
D. Phillips, Han
MARSALIS (25 min)
Selections from
At the Octoroon Balls for String Quartet (1995)
Many Gone
Hellbound Highball
Blue Light on the Bayou
Rampart Street Row House Rag
Orion String Quartet, D. Phillips, T. Phillips, Tenenbom, Eddy
INTERMISSION
MILHAUD (16 min)
La création du monde for Piano Quintet, Op. 81 (1923)
Prelude
Fugue
Romance
Scherzo
Final
Wang, Orion String Quartet, T. Phillips, D. Phillips, Tenenbom, Eddy
GERSHWIN (18 min)
Rhapsody in Blue for Piano, Four Hands (arr. Henry Levine) (1924)
Wang, Wu Han
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