Tonight's performance is sponsored by Cataloochee Ranch and The Swag.
Marsalis Swing Symphony
May 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre
Program
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Michael Rogers, baritone
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Spirituals (arr. Bonds)
Ezek’el Saw the Wheel
He’s Got the Whole World
Hold On
I Got a Home in that Rock
Joshua Fit the Battle
Michael Rogers, baritone
WYNTON MARSALIS (b. 1961)
Symphony No. 3 Swing Symphony (2010)
I. St. Louis to New Orleans
II. All-American Pep
III. Midwestern Moods
IV. Manhattan to LA
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
---Intermission---
GABRIELLA SMITH (B. 1991)
Field Guide (2017)
FERDE GROFÉ (1892-1972)
On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite (1931)
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
Finale from Symphony No. 3 (1946)
IV. Molto deliberato—Allegro risoluto
Program Notes
Program notes by Ken Meltzer