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“BACH BEGETS BEBOP”
BENEFIT CONCERT BY TWO WORLD-FAMOUS ARTISTS
We are pleased to announce
a new collaboration featuring the world-renown American jazz baritone
saxophonist Gary Smulyan of Hastings-on-Hudson and Amherst, MA and the
highly acclaimed Dutch classical baritone saxophonist Henk van Twillert.
The duo will be performing a benefit concert in Hastings-on-Hudson in
advance of their summer European tour called “The Bach Late Night
Show.” This project is both exciting and innovative
and the concept is fresh and daring in that it merges two seemingly
divergent languages into a new form of musical expression.
Van Twillert, whose Bach on
the saxophone has been called “a real discovery,” will perform the
Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites while Smulyan, the 2008 Down Beat Critic’s Poll winner for baritone saxophone, improvises, using the suites as a
springboard. The result is a fascinating new counterpoint with the boundaries
of both traditions being stretched. Bach is universally recognized as
the first improviser and jazz musicians have long been attracted to
his music for his sense of harmony, line, and melodic development. This
is the first time a project of this nature has been presented and the
combining of these two forms is a natural fit. The results should provide
a thrilling musical experience for both the performers and listeners.
The artists will be performing
a garden concertin Hastings-on-Hudson
on Saterday, June 27 at 2 p.m. at 117 Villard Avenue (corner of
Summit Drive). All are welcome.
Type: Students presentation
