Big Band Hit Parade
Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:00 pm
The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax
Presented by Advocate and The Berkeley
Featuring Mike Murley, saxophone
Greg Burton, conductor
Richard White, guitar
Jamie Gatti, bass
Tom Roach, drums
Symphony Nova Scotia
On the program
| St. Louis Blues W.C. Handy, arr. Howard Cable |
| Radio Themes of the Big Bands arr. Howard Cable |
| Duke Ellington: Tribute to the Duke Duke Ellington, arr. Howard Cable |
| Love Theme from The Getaway Quincy Jones, arr. Mike Murley |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me George Gershwin, arr. Mike Murley |
| Merry Old Land of Oz Harold Arlen, arr. Howard Cable |
| La Suerte de Los Tontos Johnny Richards, arr. John Whitney |
| INTERMISSION: 20 MINUTES |
| Place St. Henri Oscar Peterson, arr. Howard Cable |
| The Basie Sound Count Basie, arr. Howard Cable |
| Embraceable You George Gershwin, arr. Reg Schwager |
| Tribute to Henry Mancini Henry Mancini, arr. Calvin Custer |
| Never Will I Marry Frank Loesser, arr. Mike Murley |
| The Miller Medley Glenn Miller, arr. Howard Cable |
Additional players: Alsu Kamalieva, Anna Genest, Sarah Frank, and Emilie Benigno, violin; Carrie VanSlyke, viola; Vernon Regehr and Catherine Little, cello; Jack Chen, flute; Julie Cuming (acting Principal), Randal Ulmer, and Michael Chisholm, horn; Emily Bellman, trumpet; Dale Sorensen, Nathaniel Jenkins, and Bob Nicholson (bass), trombone; Mark Bonang, tuba.
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