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Performance by Sydney Symphony, Don Burrows, Judy Bailey, Stuart Challender, Rod Lemke, Ed Gaston, John Hoffman, Owen Chambers from the CD Nexus, Nocturnes |
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Score
Nexus : for symphony orchestra & jazz quintet / Don Banks
Library shelf no. Q 784.2/BAN 3 [Available for loan]
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Work Details
Year: 1971
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor ang), 2 clarinets (2nd doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, piano, timpani, percussion (2 players), strings, Jazz quintet: trumpet, alto saxophone, piano, bass, drums.
Duration: 68 min.
Difficulty: Medium
Contents note: In 3 movements.
Dedication note: Dedicated to the Staatsthoeter Kessel and to Herr General Musik Direktor Gerd Albrecht
Commission note: Commissioned by the Staatsthoeter Kessel and to Herr General Musik Direktor Gerd Albrecht
First performance: by John Dankworth Quintet — 8 Apr 71. Kessel
Analysis
Article: Loving Tribute to an Impeccable Craftsman
by Roger Covell — © John Fairfax Holdings
Source: Source: Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 1993 pg.21
Subjects
- In the form/style of: Third Stream
Performances of this work
24 Sep 2017: at Maestro 3 - Sculthorpe, Don Banks, Holst (Adelaide Town Hall). Featuring Keith Crellin, Elder Conservatorium Jazz Quintet, Adelaide Youth Orchestra.
1 May 2010: at Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Nexus (The Malthouse). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey.
1987: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House. Featuring Rod Lemke, Ed Gaston, Owen Chambers, John Hoffman, Sydney Symphony, Don Burrows, Judy Bailey, Stuart Challender.
8 Apr 71: Kessel. Featuring John Dankworth Quintet.
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