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Wayne Marshall joins Scottish Chamber Orchestra for an evening of rip-roaring tunes and joyful American classics, including Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

There are few musicians who can match British pianist and conductor Wayne Marshall in music blending classical and jazz " for sheer expertise, energy and verve. After directing last years brilliant A Grand Night for Singing, Marshall joins Edinburghs own Scottish Chamber Orchestra as soloist and director in an evening of foot-tapping, roof-raising, high-energy American classics.

With its rip-roaring tunes and its bluesy emotion, Gershwins jazz concerto Rhapsody in Blue is rightly the best-loved jazz piece in the classical repertoire. Bernsteins vibrant ballet score Fancy Free brims over with melodies in its tale of three sailors on shore leave " a precursor to his more famous On the Town. Copland travels south to discover the infectious rhythms of Mexican dance halls, while Gershwins Symphonic Picture pulls together all the best-loved songs from his pioneering jazz opera Porgy and Bess " from It aint necessarily so to I got plenty o nuttin and Summertime.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Wayne Marshall Conductor/Piano

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Bernstein Fancy Free

Copland El Saln Mxico

Gershwin Porgy & Bess " A Symphonic Picture

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