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THE ORCHESTRA
feat: Tuva Semmingsen (voc), Lars Møller (cond)
COPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVAL 2010
CONCERT July 3rd 2010 at 2 PM
Kongens Have, Copenhagen
Line-up:
Lars Møller (cond), Tuva Semmingsen (voc), Peter Fuglsang, Kasper Wagner, Hans Ulrik, Pelle Fridell, Jan Harbeck (sax), Christer Gustafsson, Bjørn Ringkøbing, Hendrik Jørgensen, Maj-Berit Guassora (tp), Nikolai Bøgelund Petersen, Anders Larson, Niels Gerhardt, Andre Jensen (tb), Christoffer Møller (p), Thor Madsen (g), Morten Ramsbøl (b), Morten Lund (dr)
The Music
"The Orchestra, performs one of the rare functions in music - they play as if they love the music AND each other and they give
life to the written page, the key element in expression...This band has a strong and unified center and a sense of the power and magic
that music can transmit" Bob Brookmeyer.
The Orchestra is a 18 piece Big Band, that features prominent Danish jazz musicians and composers. From The orchestra's debut performance
at the Montreux Jazz festival in 1991, the band have had a particular homogenous and transparent sound, that conveys the musicians dedication
to working as a unit - and to playing the often difficult music with the strongest possible conviction.
The different composers cover a very wide scope of musical concepts, ranging from groove-and melodic oriented approaches to inspiration
from contemporary classical composers. A common factor though, is an awareness and knowledge of the Big Band tradition. Most of the composers
have been part of the Bob Brookmeyer Composition Workshop in Copenhagen 1996-99.
The Orchestra has released 7 CD's and performed in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, UK and Switzerland. The band is supported by the
Danish Music Council.
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