
Wynton Marsalis’ ‘A Fiddler’s Tale’ featuring Phylicia Rashad with Gateways Chamber Players
Gateways Music Festival
Rochester, NY
“Marsalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale brings the story into the present and into his own sound world, pulling in elements of jazz, blues, ragtime, and more.”
Composed by Igor Stravinsky, Wynton Marsalis
Conducted by Damien Sneed
With Special Guest Phylicia Rashad
An all-star lineup of leading musicians comes together to perform two iconic works: Igor Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale Suite and Wynton Marsalis’ A Fiddler’s Tale. In Wynton Marsalis’s re-imagining, A Fiddler’s Tale, he takes Stravinsky’s early jazz ingredients even further, melding jazz and classical idioms together with an updated narrative—here narrated by special guest Phylicia Rashad and conducted by longtime Marsalis collaborator Damien Sneed. Hear both works performed by outstanding members of the acclaimed Gateways Music Festival.
Wednesday, July 29, 8:00pm
Hanes Auditorium, Salem Academy & College
Ensemble:
Damien Sneed, conductor
Phylicia Rashad, guest artist, narrator
Alexander Laing, clarinet (The Phoenix Symphony)
Monica Ellis, bassoon (Imani Winds)
Billy Hunter, trumpet (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Weston Sprott, trombone (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra)
Wesley Sumpter, percussion (LA Phil)
Tai Murray, violin (Yale School of Music)
Patricia Silva Weitzel, double bass (Des Moines Symphony)