New Jersey Symphony: Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances

Eric Jacobsen conductor

Christian McBride double bass

Chris Komer horn

New Jersey Symphony

Jazz and classical meet in this genre-defying program full of color, rhythm, and fun. Montclair’s own jazz legend and nine-time GRAMMY Award-winner, Christian McBride debuts with your New Jersey Symphony in a concerto tailor-made for him. Eric Jacobsen, hailed by The New York Times as “an interpretive dynamo,” returns with the perfumed hues of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rachmaninoff’s final orchestral work, written in New York City and full of longing for his Russian home.

Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

George Duke Dark Wood: Bass Concerto for Christian McBride

Christian McBride Fried Bacon

Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

This concert is part of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival and is presented in collaboration with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.