(Preview
by Russell).
Quick, book now
for the Hebrides Ensemble this Thursday. Ostensibly a classical event, there is
much to attract the jazz fan. Based in Scotland
On Thursday six
pieces will be performed in the Northern Rock Foundation Hall at Sage Gateshead.
The American literary and musical landscape will loom large and, astonishingly,
Elvis will be in the building! Darius Milhaud’s Suite op 1576 begins the programme (Dave Brubeck was a star student
of the composer), soprano Claron McFadden takes to the stage to sing three
pieces; Thomas Adès’ Life Story (text
by Tennessee Williams), Stephen Montague’s Wild
Nights (poet Emily Dickinson the inspiration) and Leonard Bernstein’s
musical adaptation of JM Barrie’s Peter
Pan.
The centrepiece
of the evening – Dead Elvis – pays
homage to the Vegas jumpsuit period of Elvis Presley’s career. Composed by
Michael Daugherty, bassoonist Peter Whelan, wearing a kitsch white jumpsuit,
will be living proof that Elvis will, indeed, be ‘in the building’! From
Milhaud’s jazz inflections to Dead Elvis to a stellar figure in contemporary
jazz – Wynton Marsalis. A Fiddler’s Tale
Suite, Marsalis’ trumpet dedication to Igor Stravinsky’s love of American
jazz will close the evening with the trumpet feature being taken on by the
brilliant Ryan Quigley. The Scot is no stranger to Tyneside audiences having
played small group gigs in Newcastle
Russell.
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