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Concert Coda

 
PROGRAM INFORMATION

JACQUES LACOMBE conductor
BRANFORD MARSALIS saxophone
NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
WILLIAMS “Escapades” for saxophone from Catch Me If You Can
MILHAUD Scaramouche for alto saxophone
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

Press

“The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra had a lot to celebrate [on Opening Night] at NJPAC … The program [took] advantage of saxophonist Marsalis’ jazz background with the swaggering “Escapades” … heavily featured bass and vibraphone, so at times it was almost like there was a jazz trio at the core of the larger orchestra. In one section, percussion was added by the finger snaps of the orchestra members … [The program] covered a lot of stylistic ground.”
NJArts.net—full review

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