Folk Songs 2.0

Well-known German folk songs and the timeless melodies of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg are heard here in an unconventional combination of choir and big band. The result is much more than just arrangements – the composers are renowned jazz musicians and arrangers who have taken on the challenge of taking completely different ensembles in unfamiliar pieces down a completely new path. The result is more than "crossover": the distinctive, rhythmic energy of the SWR Big Band pairs with the broken melodies of folk songs to create an entirely new sound in which both ensembles can bring to bear their distinctive and always first-class qualities.