- Edward Kennedy Ellington
New World A-Comin’ (1945)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
arr./ed. by Maurice Peress
- 2(pic)22+bcl.2/4431/timp.perc/hp/str [+ dance band]
- Piano
- 14 min
- 5th July 2024, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC, United States of America
Programme Note
Ellington’s landmark jazz score, in which the great composer and pianist visualized a world without war, greed, and categorization, swings with a virtuoso solo piano part and lush orchestral scoring.