SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2018

CLIFTON CATHEDRAL

8PM

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WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

GET THE BLESSING

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GET THE BLESSING

Jake McMurchie | Tenor Saxophone

Pete Judge | Trumpet

Jim Barr | Bass

Clive Deamer | Drums

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BRISTOL SYMPHONY

70-piece orchestra 

William Goodchild | Conductor

Pamela Bell | Principal Leader

 

PROGRAMME

 

Ravel  

Bolero for Orchestra

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Get the Blessing 

Hayk

The Word for Moonlight is Moonlight

Torque

The Unnameable

Tuathal

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Ginastera 

Estancia - Ballet Suite for Orchestra

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Miles Davis - Gil Evans - Joaquin Rodrigo 

Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) from Sketches of Spain

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Piazzolla arr. Gardiner

Michelangelo 70

Soledad

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Get The Blessing

Pentopia

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Bristol Symphony welcomes international jazz four-piece, Get The Blessing, to perform a selection of their most popular tracks, newly arranged for the band and symphony orchestra in collaboration with composer and conductor, William Goodchild. Spanish and Argentinian passions run high in this programme, as music from this ‘seriously creative and wonderfully irreverent quartet’ rubs shoulders with Ravel’s Bolero, Ginastera’s Estancia and two of Piazzola’s tango masterpieces. Also included is a rare performance of Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio) from the Miles Davis album Sketches of Spain featuring GTB’s Pete Judge on solo trumpet. This is an evening of red-hot and passionate rhythmic music at the height of summer.

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About Get The Blessing

Get the Blessing formed in 2000 to share a fascination with the improvisation and monophonic nature of Ornette Coleman’s early works. Throughout this time, the line-up has remained the same, with Portishead rhythm masters Jim Barr and Clive Deamer (Radiohead) on bass and drums respectively, Pete Judge on trumpet and Jake McMurchie on saxophone. This Bristol-based four-piece can now boast a truly international fan base. Since the release of All is Yes in February 2008, they’ve taken their musical vision round the world with successful tours and festival appearances in the UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Dubai, Turkey, Macedonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Serbia.

 

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Get The Blessing Bio: HERE

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Get the Blessing | Press

“Seriously creative – wonderfully irreverent”  | Mojo Magazine

“…they may well be the most original and exciting band on the British scene at the moment.”   | Jazzwise Magazine

“The momentum of creativity is undipped”  | BBC Music Magazine

“This is trip-hop-informed contemporary jazz-rock at its very best”  | Time Out

 

Winners, 2008 BBC Jazz Award for Best Album with All is Yes