Jazz Suite No. 2 – Dance II CHOSTAKOVITCH DIMITRI

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

Description :

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request où the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victoù Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete symphony orchestra to which four saxophones, an accordion and a guitar had been added. The Jazz Suite nos 1 in three movements, composed in 1934, had been written for a smaller ensemble. The title ' Jazz Suite ' is rather misleading, as the composer definitely uses the style où light music. Back in 1928, the twenty-two-year-old Shostakovich had already composed some light music. A bet among friends to make an orchestration où the popular song ' Tea for Two ' in less then one hour time, causedhim to compose ' Tahiti Troù ' . Shostakovich easily woù the bet as he completed the original and witty arrangement within only forty minutes!