Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances at New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Eric Jacobsen conductorChristian McBride double bassChris Komer hornNew Jersey SymphonyJazz and classical meet in this genre-defying program full of color, rhythm, and fun. Montclairs own jazz legend and nine-time GRAMMY Award-winner, Christian McBride debuts with your New Jersey Symphony in a concerto tailor-made for him. Eric Jacobsen, hailed by The New York Times as an interpretive dynamo, returns with the perfumed hues of Debussys Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Rachmaninoffs final orchestral work, written in New York City and full of longing for his Russian home.Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a FaunGeorge Duke Dark Wood: Bass Concerto for Christian McBrideChristian McBride Fried BaconSergei Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances