Encounters: David Taylor
Angel Gil-Ordóñez has attained an outstanding reputation among Spain’s new generation of conductors as he carries on the tradition of his teacher and mentor, Sergiu Celibidache. The Washington Post has praised his conducting as “mesmerizing” and “as colorfully textured as a fauvist painting.” Currently the

Post-Classical Ensemble brings to DC a pair of unclassifiable, widely recorded artists prominent both in jazz and classical circles. Both are fixtures of the edgy jazz scene in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The virtuoso bass trombonist David Taylor began his jazz career playing with the likes of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, and with the Gil Evans and Charles Mingus Big Bands. More recently, he has toured with Winton Marsalis. When he is not composing for the Berlin Philharmonic or Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, the composer/saxophonist Daniel Schnyder tours widely with a trio also including Taylor and the pianist Kenny Drew, Jr.; their repertoire ranges from Bach to Ellington to Schnyder.

Tickets:  $25, $35, $10 (Students only)
For tickets: 202.547.1122
or
www.harmancenter.org
www.post-classicalensemble.org

Program:
Schubert/Mahler: Death and the Maiden (string orchestra)
Schubert: Doppelgänger and other late songs
Stravinsky: Suite from A Soldier’s Tale
Daniel Schnyder: Works for bass trombone and orchestra

Post-concert discussion with Daniel Schnyder and David Taylor.

The Harman Center for the Arts
Sidney Harman Hall
610 F Street NW
Washington, DC
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Oct 1, 2009
10:00am – 7:30pm