IT’S ALL ABOUT JAZZ

30 May, 2025

IT’S ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Echegaray Theatre, 8 p.m.

Paul Nero (1917-1958)
The Hot Canary for violin and piano
Anna Margrethe Nilsen violin
Josu de Solaun piano
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
'Speak Low' from the musical One Touch of Venus (Venus Was a Woman), for voice and piano
Nils Georg Nilsen tenor
José Gallardo piano
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
'I Loves You, Porgy' from the opera Porgy and Bess, for voice and piano

'Summertime' from the opera Porgy and Bess, for voice and piano
Susanne Hvinden Hals soprano
José Gallardo piano
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, M.77
Anna Margrethe Nilsen violin
Josu de Solaun piano

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Parade, for piano four hands
José Gallardo piano
Josu de Solaun piano
Paul Schoenfield (1947-2024)
Cafe Music, for piano trio
Jesús Reina violin
Benedict Kloeckner cello
José Gallardo piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Waltz No.2 from Jazz Suite No.2 for Orchestra (arr. Paul Lavender)
Grigory Kalinovsky violin I
Anna Margrethe Nilsen violin I
Clemence de Forceville violin II
Jesús Reina violin II
Eleanor Kendra James viola
Bruno Hock Merino viola
Christophe Morin cello
Benedict Kloeckner cello
Guest Artist double bass

When ragtime and jazz emerged in America around the early 1900s, it gained enormous popularity with admired performers like Paul Nero. Arriving to the New World as an immigrant, Kurt Weill saw the advantage of rhythmic and harmonic freedom in jazz, as well as melodic simplicity and directness.

Considering this new style American folk music, George Gershwin brilliantly adopted elements into his compositions, like Porgy and Bess, pioneering a fresh direction within classical music.

Gershwin’s strong influence in Paris resulted in several French composers following suit, one of them being Maurice Ravel, while the eccentric Eric Satie had however, quite early on, already drawn inspiration from ragtime and jazz, as can be appreciated in his “scandalous” Parade.

In this program we also get to enjoy the entertaining Cafe Music by Paul Schoenfield, and one of Shostakovich’s contributions to the then newly founded jazz state orchestra of the Soviet Union.

Discount

10%

discount for the purchase of all five concerts of the cycle.

Single Ticket 15 (usual discounts do not apply)