the london sinfonietta

March 2004, The London Sinfonietta performed a Frank Zappa's 'Jazz From Hell'.

Together with the FuseLeeds04 festival, the Brugge concertgebouw comissioned Jonny Greenwood (ex-Radiohead) and jazz pianist Django Bates to write and to arrange some pieces for the London Sinfonietta. Django Bates arranged Zappa's 'Jazz From Hell'.

London Sinfonietta, cond. Martyn Brabbins

concerts

• 2004/03/03 concert 'quarry theatre / west yorkshire playhouse', leeds, uk
  • the program
    • Django Bates: Umpteenth Violin Concerto - world premiere
      solo: Ernst Kovacic: violin
    • Markus Stockhausen: Portrait for Tara - world premiere
      solo: Tara Bouman: bassethorn
    • Frank Zappa: Jazz From Hell (arr. Django Bates) - UK premiere
    • various: Premature Celebration: a birthday tribute to Evan Parker (arr. Django Bates) - world premiere
      solo: Evan Parker: sax & Paul Lytton: drums
    • Jonny Greenwood: Smear - world premiere
      solo: Valerie Hartmann-Claverie & Bruno Perrault: ondes martenot
    • Kate Rusby: Underneath the Stars (arr. Django Bates) - world premiere
      
• 2004/03/06 concert 'concertgebouw', brugge, belgium
  • set one
    • Frank Zappa: Jazz from Hell (arr. Django Bates)
    • Django Bates: Django's Umpteenth Violin Concerto
      solo: Ernst Kovacic: violin
    • Jonny Greenwood: Smear
      solo: Valerie Hartmann-Claverie & Bruno Perrault: ondes martenot
  • set two
    • Jonny Greenwood: Bodysong
      • love
      • birth
      • dreams
      • death
    • Markus Stockhausen: Portrait for Tara
      solo: Tara Bouman: bassethorn
    • various: Premature Celebration: a birthday tribute to Evan Parker (arr. Django Bates)
      solo: Evan Parker: sax & Paul Lytton: drums