Branford Marsalis and the New York Philharmonic

Feb 16 - Feb 19, 2011

This Valentine’s holiday, treat your sweetheart to a special evening with the New York Philharmonic and Branford Marsalis performing concertos for the saxophone:

“Glazunov filled the solo line in his Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra with sweet melodic turns, and he gave the instrument a richly detailed, virtuosic cadenza. The music seemed perfectly suited to Mr. Marsalis’s velvety tone, lush vibrato and soulful approach to phrasing.

You can hear Shulhoff’s love of jazz in the bluesy turns of his Jazz Concerto’s Andante and in the zesty syncopations of the finale, which the scoring hints at a big-band sound. Mr. Marsalis’s energetic, beautifully proportioned reading made a powerful case for the work.”

On Marsalis’s performance at the Philharmonic’s Concerts in the Parks, 2010

- The New York Times

Andrey Boreyko, Conductor
Branford Marsalis, Alto Saxophone

Haydn: Symphony No. 60, Il distratto
Glazunov: Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Schulhoff/R. Rodney Bennett: Hot-Sonate for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
R. Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Discounts:
At this time we have a 20% discount in place for the Feb 16, 17, and 18 concerts only

Discount code: marsalis20