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JAZZ AT SUMMERFEST: Jacques Loussier Trio

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Performance Date: Fri, August 15th 08 Directions Full Details
Performance Time: 7:30 pm
Ticket Price: $50, $25, $15
Venue Name: Birch North Park Theatre

About the Performance:

French composer and jazz legend Jacques Loussier makes his SummerFest debut. With a remarkable career now spanning more than 40 years, Loussier is a master of improvisation, and has been called the "unclassifiable" musician of his generation. His program will showcase his legendary jazz variations on the classical works of Bach as well as the world première of his new composition for jazz trio and strings.


Program

Jazz Variations on works by Johann Sebastian Bach
BACH
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1:
Prelude and Fugue No.1 in C Major, BWV 846
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major,BWV 564

Jacques Loussier Trio
JACQUES LOUSSIER Divertimento*
Jacques Loussier Trio
SoJin Kim, Shih-Kai Lin, violins
Elzbieta Weyman, viola
Yves Dharamraj, cello
Mark Dresser, bass
* Denotes a World Première
 
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