大象传媒

The 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales's CoLaboratory concerts fuse different genres of music, fostering unexpected collaborations. In this latest edition, the orchestra is joined by conductor, violinist and composer Fiona Monbet, who is already blazing a trail in her work which seamlessly combines classical, jazz, and folk music. Her eclectic suite, Trois Reflets, features musicians from her own quartet as soloists alongside the orchestra, and weaves disparate musical sounds and textures into a compelling whole. With Monbet playing and directing the orchestra through her own composition, this promises to be a truly unique performance.

Monbet will also conduct two other jazz-infused works, Milhaud's La cr茅ation du monde and Luke Styles's Saxophone Concerto, Tracks in the Orbit. Milhaud's ballet was composed to a supposed African creation myth, but, with the sounds of 1920s Harlem ringing in his ears, it was the first of his works that fully embraced his unique brand of classical jazz. After that, multi-genre saxophonist Iain Ballamy joins Monbet and the orchestra as soloist in the world premiere of Luke Styles' Tracks in the Orbit. Incorporating improvised sections, the concerto features Ballamy as both dedicatee and subject 鈥� using his sound world to unearth Ballamy's musical personality.

Linton Stephens presents live from Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm
Milhaud: La cr茅ation du monde, Op 81
Luke Styles: Tracks in the Orbit - Saxophone Concerto

c.8.15pm Interval music (from CD) - Fiona Monbet discusses her influences with Linton Stephens

c.8.35pm
Fiona Monbet: Trois Reflets

Iain Ballamy (saxophone)
Auxane Cartigny (piano)
Arthur Hennebique (double bass)
Philippe Maniez (drum kit)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Fiona Monbet (conductor, violin)