Chicago Sinfonietta With the Chicago Jazz Ensemble September 17, 2007

The Chicago Sinfonietta collaborates for the first time with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble under the Artistic Direction of Jon Faddis in a "battle of the bands." The Sinfonietta will perform selections from Edvard Grieg's dramatic Peer Gynt Suite. Then the Chicago Jazz Ensemble will perform selections from the Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn version of 'Peer Gynt Suite.' This collaborative effort will give patrons a comparative taste of Classical and Jazz as musicians, both symphonic and jazz, bounce between the two works. Then, Sinfonietta timpanist Robert Everson will present Russell Peck's 'Harmonic Rhythm: Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra' in a performance of brilliant sticking. To conclude the concert, the Chicago Sinfonietta together with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble will perform Duke Ellington's symphonic work for jazz ensemble and orchestra, 'Harlem.'