Archive: MYTHS AND BLOSSOMS

Grafenegg Wolkenturm

Arcis Saxophon Quartett

Cast

Tonkunstler Orchestra
Arcis Saxophon Quartett , ensemble
John Axelrod , conductor

Program Text

CHARLES IVES
Variations on «America» (My Country, t'is of thee) (arr. for Orchestra: William Schuman)

BOB MINTZER
Rhythms of the Americas

DUKE ELLINGTON
«Black, Brown and Beige»

ARTURO MÁRQUEZ
Danzón No. 2

Introduction/Abstract

Tonkunstler Orchestra · Arcis Saxophon Quartett · John Axelrod

IVES · MINTZER · ELLINGTON · MÁRQUEZ

Musical America, as it lives and breathes: American conductor John Axelrod leads a vibrant programme that follows the American musical idiom from the start of 20th century to the 21st. Campus Grafenegg alumni the Arcis Saxophone Quartet join the Tonkunstler Orchestra and bring a world of fascinating rhythms, sounds and myths into full bloom.