National Youth Orchestra of Germany / Wayne Marshall

• Classical Music

Together with the German-British Choral Academy conducted by Wayne Marshall, Germany’s top young orchestral players present a programme dedicated to Britten, Holst and Gershwin – »very British«, in other words.
The evening begins with Britten’s classic »The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra«, a piece that continues to playfully familiarise young audiences with the full range of orchestral instruments – and which also skilfully showcases the talent of the National Youth Orchestra of Germany this evening.

Gershwin’s »Rhapsody in Blue« forms the centrepiece, and not altogether surprisingly: Gershwin is a speciality of Wayne Marshall’s. A classic that skilfully combines jazz elements with blues and concertante symphonic music and perhaps the composer’s most famous piece, which celebrated its world premiere in New York’s Aeolian Hall some 100 years ago.

The evening ends with Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite »The Planets«, which is considered with good reason the forerunner of many a film score. The German-British Choir Academy participates as a cosmically enchanting distant choir.

PERFORMERS

Bundesjugendorchester orchestra

Deutsch-Britische Chorakademie choir

Wayne Marshall piano and director

PROGRAM

Benjamin Britten
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue (version for piano and orchestra)

- Interval -

Gustav Holst
The Planets