John Middleton - Symphony No 8: 'Jazz in the lockdown'

Symphony No 8: 'Jazz in the lockdown'

Instrumentation

Symphony orchestra

Recording, click here

Other Information

I used themes from the Song cycle: Songs from a sheltered place, but in a symphonic manner. The idea was fragmentation and isolation during the lockdown, followed by re-integration in an uncertain future. It's not jazz, but it uses jazzy riffs.