Wynton Marsalis © Frank Stewart
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchester Septet © Lawrence Sumulong
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet / Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
The Democracy! Suite
Wednesday
2
April
2025
19:30 – ca. 21:30
Großer Saal
Performers
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet
Wynton Marsalis, Trompete, Leitung
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Programme
Wynton Marsalis
The Democracy! Suite. Music for Septet (2020) (EA)
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Music for jazz orchestra
Note
Unterstützt von Erste Bank
Medienpartner Der Standard
Subscription series
The Art of Brass
Das STANDARD-Konzerthaus-Abo
Links
https://wyntonmarsalis.org
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet / Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
In April, we can look forward to three special concerts with jazz great Wynton Marsalis at the Vienna Konzerthaus. In the very first of these concerts, Marsalis not only appears as trumpeter and bandleader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, but also as a composer: the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet makes its debut with the Austrian premiere of Marsalis' suite »The Democracy!«. The eight-part composition was written in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic shook the USA and the whole world. With pieces such as »Out Amongst the People (For J Bat)« and »Be Present«, it is a powerful reflection on turbulent times and challenges us to reflect on the past, rethink the future and actively work for a better world. »Jazz music is the perfect metaphor for democracy,« says Wynton Marsalis. With the rousing and upbeat suite »The Democracy!«, he demonstrates how jazz and the joy of music can bring people closer together.