The UK’s most celebrated big band returns, swinging you back in time with Glenn Miller’s own arrangements of favourite wartime chart toppers and hits from the forties.
Keywords: Raymond Gubbay Christmas Festival 2024, Vocal Music
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| Catherine Sykes | Vocals |
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The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Europe's licensed orchestra, will tour Europe in 2024/25, playing timeless hits like "In The Mood" and "Pennsylvania 6-5000". Their unique sound evokes the 40s and 50s. The original arrangements and the musicians' energy turn every venue into a swing temple. Get your tickets now for their Gewandhaus zu Leipzig concert on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 8 pm.
The Glenn Miller Orchestra draws attention to world peace 80 years after the end of World War II, and highlights the importance of Glenn Miller’s music in this context. The big band welcomes 21 additional musicians at this concert, thus replicating the lineup of the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. We hear a series of original arrangements, some of which have not been played since the war.Through his music and the unique sound of the orchestra, Glenn Miller created his own genre of swing in the jazz world. In just four years, he launched 23 number one hits – more than Elvis and The Beatles. Glenn Miller became the biggest music icon in the US. He volunteered to join the military and brought his music to Europe through his military orchestra. This would ultimately cost him his life: he disappeared in an airplane over the English Channel. But his orchestra still performs his music all over the world, more than 80 years after his passing.Glenn Miller Orchestra Scandinavia formed in 2010 with a license from Glenn Miller Productions, Inc., New York, USA. Based in Stockholm, the orchestra is led by trombone player Jan Slottenäs and regularly tours Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Regarded by many internationally as the leading Glenn Miller orchestra, the ensemble includes several young musicians from Sweden’s jazz elite.
Glenn Miller founded his first band in 1937. More than 80 years later, the Glenn Miller Orchestra under Will Salden plays the great bandleader’s swing hits, which sound no less fresh and lively now than they did back then.
If you love the music of Glenn Miller, swinging Christmas classics, and a great show – then this is definitely the concert for you! The ensemble performs a fantastic selection of songs from Glenn Miller’s incredible repertoire, as well as a few arrangements of Christmas songs.It has been 80 years since Glenn Miller disappeared in an airplane over the English Channel, but his music is still played around the world. Come and experience the 2024 Christmas Show with the Glenn Miller Orchestra – The Miller Sound Lives Forever!Glenn Miller Orchestra Scandinavia formed in 2010 and performs with a license from Glenn Miller Productions, Inc., New York, U.S.A. The orchestra regularly tours Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland and is viewed internationally as the most prominent of the four orchestras in the world entitled to use Glenn Miller’s name and perform the original arrangements. Based in Stockholm, the orchestra is led by trombone player Jan Slottenäs and includes several younger musicians from among Sweden’s jazz elite.”
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