In the organizer's words:

Australian flautist Ana de la Vega, highly praised for her "superior, masterful technique" and "unobtrusive virtuosity", and the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Simon Gaudenz will open with Jacques Ibert's Flute Concerto from 1932/1933 - a truly virtuoso testimony to Ibert's imaginative style, which effortlessly combines jazz elements with baroque forms, the barbaric with the playful and the delicately floating to create an individual whole.

With Dmitri Shostakovich's humorous orchestration "Tahiti Trot" of the musical hit "Tea for Two" and the polka from the satirical ballet "The Golden Age", the spotlight is turned on modern popular music. The eight-movement Suite for Variety Orchestra, compiled in the late 1950s from Shostakovich's film and stage scores and long incorrectly identified with the Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2, leads to an entertaining conclusion with characteristic dances, including the popular Waltz No. 2.

Program

Jacques Ibert:
Flute Concerto

Dmitri Shostakovich:
"Tahiti Trot" for orchestra op. 16
(Arr. of the song "Tea for Two" by Vincent Youmans from the musical "No, No, Nanette")

"The Golden Age", suite from the ballet music of the same name op. 22,
from it: 3rd Polka. Allegretto

Suite for vaudeville orchestra

Performers

Ana de la Vega, flute
Jena Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Gaudenz, conductor

Notes

Afterwards, there will be an opportunity to talk to the evening's artists over a drink in a relaxed atmosphere.