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ALL-DAVE BRUBECK CONCERT AT FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, AT 8 P.M.
HIGHLIGHTS 10-DAY NY JEWISH MUSIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Concert Features:
World Premiere of Brubeck¹s "The Commandments"
Performance of Brubeck's "The Gates of Justice"
Classic Jazz Works by Dave Brubeck Quartet
Legendary jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck will unveil his new six-minute choral work, The Commandments, performed a cappella by the 90-member Providence Singers, Wednesday, September 14, at 8 p.m. in the Rose Theater of Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, as part of the second annual Jewish Music Heritage Festival in New York. The Commandments, a setting of the 10 biblical rules known as the Ten Commandments, is the newest of more than 50 vocal works Mr. Brubeck has composed during his career. Mr. Brubeck says that he saw most of the commandments broken during World War II and comments, "It has taken me almost 60 years finally to compose something I wanted to write when I was still a young soldier in Europe." The September 14 concert opens with the Dave Brubeck Quartet performing some of its classic jazz works and concludes with Mr. Brubeck's acclaimed 50-minute civil rights oratorio The Gates of Justice, performed by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the Providence Singers, Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, bass-baritone Kevin Deas, and a 14-piece brass and percussion ensemble led by Mr. Brubeck's longtime conductor Russell Gloyd. Written by Mr. Brubeck in 1969 to communicate the universal theme of brotherhood, The Gates of Justice is based on the prophecies of the Old Testament, the Union Prayer Book of Reform Judaism, the teachings of Hillel, and the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It was recorded by the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music and is one of 50 CDs selected for inclusion in the prestigious Archive. The Gates of Justice was released on the Naxos label in January 2004. For information and tickets to the September 14 Dave Brubeck concert in the Rose Theater at Columbus Circle, please call 212-608-0555 or visit www.oyhoo.com Approaching his 85th birthday in December, Dave Brubeck has been a longtime pioneer in both jazz and classical music. The "classic" Dave Brubeck Quartet broke new ground from 1951 to 1967 with its distinctive performances and Mr. Brubeck's innovative jazz works. In 1967 Mr. Brubeck, who studied composition with French composer Darius Milhaud, disbanded the quartet to devote more time to writing large-scale choral and orchestral works. However, he never stopped performing. Today, he continues to play 60 to 70 dates a year in the U.S. and in Europe with the current Dave Brubeck Quartet, whose members also include alto saxophonist Bobby Militello, bassist Michael Moore, and drummer Randy Jones. The Dave Brubeck Quartet celebrates Mr. Brubeck's 85th birthday on December 6 in a performance with the London Symphony Orchestra, as part of its current U.S./European tour covering more than 30 cities from August 6 through December 20. The Providence Singers, formed more than 30 years ago to perform "little-known works by well-known composers and well-known works by little-known composers," is a chorus of 100 voices from Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Julian Wachner, a composer in his own right and a faculty member at McGill University, has been artistic director since 1996; Andrew Clark is the chorus's resident conductor. In recent years the Providence Singers has been bringing new works to the Rhode Island community. The chorus commissioned and premiered Julian Wachner's Sometimes I feel Alive in 1998; Elaine Bearer's Magdalene Passion in 1999; and Carlyle Sharpe's choral/orchestral work, Proud Music of the Storm in 2001. The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, established by Lowell Milken, chairman of the Milken Family Foundation, is the most comprehensive survey of music related to the American Jewish experience ever assembled on disc, reflecting not only the evolution and variety of Jewish life in America, but also the universality of the Jewish experience and its relevance to people of all faiths and backgrounds. To date, 36 of a total of 50 CDs have been released in the Milken Archive, comprising more than 600 works, all newly recorded for this project and most never before commercially available. For more information about the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, visit www.milkenarchive.org The New York Jewish Music Festival returns for its second season, celebrating the diversity and prolific nature of Jewish music in more than 60 events presented throughout New York City over 10 days from September 13 to 25. Wednesday, September 14, 8 p.m. New York Jewish Music and Heritage Festival Rose Theater of Frederick P. Rose Hall Dave Brubeck Quartet Dave Brubeck, piano Bobby Militello, alto saxophone Michael Moore, bass Randy Jones, drums Kevin Deas, bass baritone Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, tenor Providence Singers 14-piece brass and percussion ensemble Russell Gloyd, conductor Program Jazz works by the Dave Brubeck Quartet The Commandments (world premiere) The Gates of Justice For information and tickets to the September 14 Dave Brubeck concert in the Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Columbus Circle, please call 212-608-0555 or visit www.oyhoo.com Posted by jmwc at September 12, 2005 11:37 PM