Name: CoLaboratory: Fiona Monbet
Start: 2023-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wales Millennium Centre

Admin

BBC Welsh National Orchestra

Orchestra

Conductor

Fiona Monbet

Instrumentalist

Violin

Zacharie Abraham

double bass

Auxane Cartigny

piano

Philippe Maniez

Drum Kit

CoLaboratory: Fiona Monbet

Cardiff

United Kingdom

Wales Millennium Centre

BBC Hoddinott Hall

Public

Concert

Divertissement

La belle excentrique

Petite Suite

The ox on the roof, op. 58

On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

Suite For Jazz Trio And Orchestra

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Fusing American jazz and traditional folk with her trademark French flair, violinist and composer Fiona Monbet joins BBC NOW in our first CoLaboratory of the 23/24 season.

Opening with a programme inspired by French Burlesque of the 20s and 30s, the composers Jacques Ibert, Erik Satie, Germaine Tailleferre and Darius Milhaud all had one thing in common, alongside their more traditional compositions, they were all great early film music writers, so it is no wonder their music is so roaringly vivid and pleasantly picturesque.

For the second half we leave France and voyage to the jazz drenched streets of New York, and another glittering film composer, Leonard Bernstein, with his Three Dance Episodes from On the Town, before experiencing the world premiere of Fiona Monbet’s new work for violin, double bass, piano, drum kit and orchestra.

With BBC Hoddinott Hall set up in cabaret style, bring your drink in and enjoy this concert up close and personal.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble