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Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert: "most important thing"
Saturday 14 November 2026 20.00 Uhr
München, Prinzregententheater
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Concert Introduction: 19 Uhr
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Program
Duke Ellington Sacred Concert for Soprano, Mixed Choir and Big Band, edited and arranged by John Høybye and Peder Pedersen
Christian Elsässer New Work for Choir and Big Band, World Premiere, Commissioned Work, supported by the Freundeskreis Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Duke Ellington It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) for Choir and Big Band
Nils Lindberg As You Are for Mixed Choir a cappella
Duke Ellington Such Sweet Thunder for Big Band
Duke Ellington Kinda Dukish/Rockin’ in Rhythm for Big Band
as well as a selection of Spirituals: Deep River The Battle of Jericho Wade in the Water

Performers
Merit Ostermann Mezzo-soprano
Andrew Lepri Meyer Tenor
Gaines Hall Tap Dance
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
hr-Bigband
Peter Dijkstra Conductor

The Sacred Concerts are "the most important thing I have ever done," Duke Ellington once stated – the father of the swing big band style and creator of cult songs like It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)