Orpheus & Branford Marsalis: Le rythme de vie

• Branford Marsalis, saxophone

Maurice Ravel — "II. Assez vif – très rythmé" from String Quartet in F major (orch. Michi Wiancko)
Claude Debussy — Rhapsody for saxophone and orchestra, L. 98 (orch. Zachary Wadsworth; Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone)
Jacques Ibert — Concertino da Camera (Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone)
Antonio García — Homecoming: A New Orleans Journey (comm. by Orpheus)
Ernesto Lecuona — Andalucía (orch. Jannina Norpoth)
George Gershwin — An American in Paris (ad. Javier Diaz; Branford Marsalis, saxophone)

Orpheus and saxophonist Branford Marsalis have spent decades fine-tuning a connection that transcends stylistic labels. They revisit Ibert's Concertino da Camera from their landmark 2001 album together, Creation, and bask in a close-knit arrangement of Debussy's sultry Rhapsody. Veteran Orpheus orchestrators Javier Diaz and Jannina Norpoth make the ensemble shine in foreign escapades from two geniuses of genre-hopping: George Gershwin and Cuba's Ernesto Lecuona. Antonio García, a jazz composer and trombonist steeped in the same New Orleans currents that nourished the Marsalis family, stirs the American melting pot in a new work for Orpheus.

About Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

https://orpheusnyc.org/

About Branford Marsalis, saxophone

https://www.branfordmarsalis.com/