Un americà a París de Gershwin amb Orquestra Orfeus de Nova York & Marsalis

Programme from the Ibercàmera series with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra of New York and saxophonist Branford Marsalis as soloist, featuring works by Beethoven, Jeff Beal, Duke Ellington and George Gershwin.

Ibercàmera is one of Barcelona's leading classical music series, founded in 1985 and supported by a loyal group of subscribers. This programme is performed by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, a chamber orchestra based in New York, alongside saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who has worked closely with the ensemble for almost three decades.

The centrepiece is Jeff Beal's Concerto for Saxophone, composer of the music for House of Cards, a work commissioned by the orchestra which receives its premiere in this programme, with Marsalis as soloist. The repertoire is completed by an arrangement of Piano Sonata No. 14 by Beethoven, known as the Moonlight Sonata, the Suite for Orchestra by Duke Ellington and An American in Paris by George Gershwin.

The concert takes place at the Palau de la Música Catalana, a building that hosts exhibitions and cultural activities in Barcelona. The programme brings together works by four different composers in a single evening, from Beethoven's sonata to the premiere by Beal, with the saxophone as the solo voice at the heart of the programme.