Georg Friedrich Händel
“Feuerwerksmusik” (Auszüge)
“Ihr Kinderlein kommet”, “Leise rieselt der Schnee”, “Maria durch ein Dornwald ging” und andere bekannte Weihnachtslieder in Arrangements für Bigband und Orchester
David Brophy
Conductor
David Brophy - Conductor
Conductor David Brophy was born in Dublin in 1972. He studied at the Dublin Institute of Technology College of Music, Trinity College Dublin, and in England and the Netherlands.
He has a long-standing collaboration with the choir and orchestras of the Irish public broadcaster RTÉ. Among other things, he performed with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at the opening of the Special Olympics World Games in front of 80,000 people in his hometown. As principal conductor of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, he was musical director for Queen Elizabeth II’s state visit in 2011. He also developed and hosted various TV shows for RTÉ that inspired audiences to enjoy music, such as “Inspirational” and “Choir of Ages.” In addition, he has been involved in numerous other film and television productions, including “The Abduction Club,” “Florence Foster Jenkins,” and “Ballymun Lullaby.”
David Brophy has worked with world-renowned musicians including U2, Lang Lang, Nicola Benedetti, Sinéad O’Connor, Danielle de Niese, and Sir James Galway. He has conducted numerous world premieres by Irish composers such as Frank Corcoran, Raymond Deane, Ian Wilson, Shaun Davey, and Neil Martin. Another focus of his work is collaborating with American orchestras such as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra Washington D.C.
He has been principal conductor of the WDR Funkhausorchester since the 2024/25 season.
Jazzrausch
Bigband
Jazzrausch - Bigband
A meltdown of bigband sound with house and techno music.“ (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
With an average of 80 concerts per year throughout Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, Jazzrausch Bigband is one of the busiest big bands in Europe. With „power, groove and enormous stage presence“ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), the band equally reaches audiences in both the jazz and electronic music scenes.
The driving forces behind Jazzrausch Bigband are Munich-based trombonist and music manager Roman Sladek and guitarist and composer Leonhard Kuhn. In 2015, just one year after its founding, Jazzrausch Bigband became artist in residence at one of the most renowned techno clubs in Europe, ‘Harry Klein.’ Having a resident big band in a techno club was unheard of before this band came along. Soon they began reaching larger audiences and the band was selling out rock venues like the Munich Muffathalle, as well as classical music halls like the Munich Philharmonic.
Tours have taken Jazzrausch Bigband to New York’s Lincoln Center, the JZ Festival in Shanghai, the Safaricom International Jazz Festival in Nairobi, the Ural Music Night in Yekaterinburg and the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, among many other places.
This is why it is not exaggerated to call the band a phenomenon. One that shows in its very own way what is seething in the music genre that calls itself “jazz”. More than ever this has become the melting pot for everything that does not fit into any other category.
And everyone involved, the band just as much as the audience enjoy tearing down borders. In this context, the music of Jazzrausch Bigband seems to fulfill desires in multiple aspects: The appetite of club-lovers for more handmade and original music and the demand of jazz and classical afficionados for “oomph”, entertainment and a big sound.
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Every year
And yet, for the first time ever: the Munich-based Jazzrausch Bigband and the RSB join forces to celebrate German and international Christmas carols in modern arrangements. From “Ihr Kinderlein kommet” (O come, all ye faithful), to “Süßer die Glöcken nie klingen” (Sweeter the bells never sound) to “Christmas Eve,” “Wir sagen euch an den Advent” (We bring you tidings of Advent) and “Maria durch ein Dornwald ging” (Mary walked through a thorny wood). And when the view out the window reveals to us: “Leise rieselt der Schnee” (The snow is falling softly), then we joyfully join in, “Kling, Glöckchen, klingelingeling” (Ring, little bells, ring-a-ling-a-ling)!
The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin will also present a excerpts from Georg Friedrich Händel’s festive “Fireworks Music.” “Daughter Zion, rejoice” – and to everyone else, rejoice with us for the upcoming Christmas celebration!
Jazzik – “An American in Paris”
Adès, Weill, Shostakovich, Gershwin
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8
Bruckner
