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Beethoven in New York: sinfonia ViVA with Uri Caine

Friday 24th October 2008 at 7.30pm
St.George's, Bristol
Tickets: £15, £12; £8. £2 discount for concessions. Ask Box Office for details.
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St George's Bristol, Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR.
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Uri Caine - photo credit Bill Douthart

Beethoven in New York... sinfonia ViVA with Guest Conductor Toby Purser 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. Then it's on to Beethoven himself, and the complex and rhythmically driven Grosse Fugue, now regarded as one of the composer's finest works, in its version for string orchestra. We turn to Mozart next - the first movement of his famous Piano Sonata in C as only Caine can play it. 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.

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