Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich

The “Real“ Jazz Suite No. 2 Composed in Leningrad, summer-early autumn 1938 Commissioned by the USSR State Jazz Orchestra Reconstructed and orchestrated by Gerard McBurney McBurney version premiered at the Last Night of the Proms 2000, 9th September, at the Royal Albert Hall, London Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Colin Davis 1. Scherzo (Allegretto alla marcia) 2. Lullaby (Andante) 3. Serenade (Allegretto) Instrumentation: 2 Alto Sax., 2 Tenor Sax., 1 Baritone Sax., 4 Trumpet, 2 Trom