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Beethoven in New York: sinfonia ViVA with Uri Caine

Wednesday 22nd October 2008 at 7.30pm
Haden Freeman Concert Hall, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Tickets: £9.50, £16.50, £18.50. Concessions available - contact Box Office for details
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Uri Caine - photo credit Bill Douthart

Beethoven in New York... sinfonia ViVA with Principal Conductor André de Ridder explores the intriguing theme of the collision between the composer and America in a programme featuring the celebrated New York jazz pianist and composer Uri Caine.

The concert opens in bold style with Caine's exciting, brand new commission Motormouth for chamber orchestra. Next to the UK premiere of a stimulating work by Julia Wolfe, Cruel Sister, which in the words of the composer herself "takes its title from a dark and fantastic old English ballad of the same name... The ballad is incredibly haunting and powerful. I was fascinated and horrified by the overwhelming greed and jealousy of the tale. My 'Cruel Sister' is a search to unravel this human dilemma. In a sense, it is the music of 'the harp,' a plea for a higher love." And finally, the mastery of the soloist gets full reign as Caine joins the Orchestra to play his own typically free-thinking new take on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations - variations upon variations, if you like.

Experience the influence of the great composer in this present-day tribute to his all-embracing, time-travelling legacy.

Uri Caine continues his concerts with sinfonia ViVA at St.George's, Bristol on Friday 24th October.

Read Uri Caine's thoughts on the classical-jazz dynamic

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc, The Foyle Foundation, Orchestras Live and Arts Council England.

Photo credit: Uri Caine - Bill Douthart. Julia Wolfe quote © Julia Wolfe.