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Turner Sims Concert Hall
University Southampton
Salisbury Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
England
Tickets
Prices: £12.00 - £30.00
Booking line: 02380 595151
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Programme
Will Todd – Mass in Blue
Joseph Horowitz – Jazz Concerto (arr. David Owen Norris)
Morten Lauridsen – Nocturnes
John Field – Nocturne no.5 in B flat major, H.37
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne in E Flat major, Op.55 no.2
Performers
Andrew Lumsden – Conductor
David Owen Norris – piano
George Castle – jazz piano
Bastien Terraz – double bass
Nigel Ellis – jazz saxophone
James Ashdown – drums
Programme Note
A gorgeous mix of jazz in the form of Will Todd’s Mass in Blue, and the glorious harmonies of Morten Lauridsen. Musical fireworks will be provided by pianist David Own Norris, complete with jazz quartet and soprano soloist.
The programme opens with Morten Lauridsen's Nocturnes, ravishing settings of French, Spanish and English poetry that shimmer with an almost luminous stillness. Interspersed will be two intimate nocturnes by Chopin and John Field, evoking the quiet poetry of the night.
Virtuoso pianist David Owen Norris will bring the first half to a close with sparkling wit and brilliance in his own arrangement of Joseph Horovitz’s Jazz Concerto.
Will Todd's exhilarating Mass in Blue crowns the evening, fusing choral tradition with jazz and gospel in a work of irresistible warmth and rhythmic vitality, with soprano Hannah Williams and jazz quartet providing the accompanying musical fireworks.
