Elder After Hours - Classical meets Jazz: Crossing the Great Divide

Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and Big Band
Luke Dollman
conductor

Mark Simeon Ferguson  Live and Die with the Butterflies
Jackson Mack  New Work
Matthew Shlomowitz  Five Monuments for Our Time
George Gershwin  Cuban Overture
Improvisations on Bolero
Maurice Ravel  Bolero

Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, a lively and rhythmically-charged celebration of Latin American influences, is filled with the composer’s signature flair. Mark Simeon Ferguson’s Live and Let Die With the Butterflies is an evocative work combining lyrical beauty with cinematic intensity. Ravel’s Bolero, a masterpiece of orchestral color and hypnotic rhythm, is performed here in its original form followed by a reimagined version featuring improvisations that breathe new energy and creativity into its iconic theme.

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