Prom 35: Ellington, Braxton and Mary Lou Williams

Prom 35: Ellington, Braxton and Mary Lou Williams

Royal Albert Hall

Starting with a sequence honouring Duke Ellington, Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra celebrate milestones from the past 100 years of American jazz. They are joined on stage by the Aaron Diehl Trio and soloists.

Programme

• Duke Ellington




• Solitudearr. M. Gould




• Mood Indigoarr. M. Gould




• Sophisticated Ladyarr. M. Gould




• Caravanarr. M. Gould




• Mary Lou Williams




• Zodiac Suite(40 mins)UK premiere




• INTERVAL




• Anthony Braxton




• Composition No. 27 (+46, 151, LM)(30 mins)

Performers

• 
  

  Anthony Braxton

  
  

  saxophone

  
  


• 
  

  James Fei

  
  

  saxophone/conductor

  
  


• 
  

  Katherine Young

  
  

  bassoon/conductor

  
  


• 
  

  Chris Lewis

  
  

  clarinet/saxophone

  
  


• 
  

  Brandon Lee

  
  

  trumpet

  
  


• 
  

  Mikaela Bennett

  
  

  soprano

  
  



• Aaron Diehl Trio




• BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra



• 
  

  Ilan Volkov

  
  

  conductor

  
  

Composers

• Duke Ellington




• Mary Lou Williams




• Anthony Braxton