An American in Paris

We welcome back to the Festival Septura, the internationally renowned brass septet after their triumph in Newbury last year.

A celebration of the vibrant music that arises from the crossing of boundaries of genre and culture. Septura explore a great transatlantic relationship, charting a course rom Debussy’s Préludes, through Ravel’s Mother Goose, to his friend Gershwin’s iconic An American in Paris, especially arranged for brass and solo car-horns.

The blending of classical forms and jazz idioms is exemplified by Gershwin’s Three Piano Preludes, and in a suite from Treemonisha, the first African American opera, by Gershwin’s compatriot and contemporary, Scott Joplin.

Ravel Mother Goose Suite
Debussy Préludes (selection)
Gershwin Three Piano Preludes
Joplin Suite from Treemonisha
Gershwin An American in Paris

Sponsored by Fairhurst Estates