DISC ONE
London Bridge
1. London Bridge is Broken Down
2. Wenceslas Square
Berlin Wall
3. Nähe des Geliebten
4. Traurig aber falsch
DISC TWO
Berlin Wall (continued)
5. Ein Vogel
Vienna
6. Viennese Waltz
7. Für Sie
Picardie
8. Blighters
9. Les Morts
10. Picardie
11. Une Fenêtre
12. Aucassin et Nicolette
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London Bridge Live in Zűrich 1990
a composition for voice, jazz orchestra
and chamber orchestra
Kate Westbrook voice, Mike Westbrook piano
Mike Westbrook Orchestra
Graham Russell trumpet, Paul Nieman trombone,
Pete Whyman, Alan Wakeman, Chris Biscoe saxophones
Andy Grappy tuba, Brian Godding guitar,
Tim Harries bass guitar, Peter Fairclough drums
Docklands Sinfonietta
conductor Rupert Bond, leader Alison Kelly
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music composed by Mike Westbrook
texts by René Arcos, Wilhelm Busch, Andrée Chedid, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Bernard Lassahn, Siegfried Sassoon, Kate Westbrook.
text selected by Kate Westbrook in collaboration with Anne Marie Le Pape-Dior and Tommy Bodmer
with thanks to Petra Gehrmann
Zűrich International Jazz Festival
Festival Director Susanna Tanner
Recorded by SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen)
in concert at Theaterhaus Gessneralle Zűrich
Saturday 10th November 1990
executive producer Laurence Aston
associate musical director Fiachra Trench
Album produced by Jay Auborn of dBs Pro Bristol
additional recording, editing and mastering by Jay Auborn July / August 2022
assistant engineers Amber Grieve, Benjamin Kashani, Louis Marcell
cover photograph from Hotel Bellevue, Berlin Wall 1986 by Mike Westbrook
design by Sam Whitney-Morris
Westbrook Records WR 011
supported by Airshaft Trust with special thanks to Adrian and Julia Mann
Worldwide distribution by Proper Music Distribution
Mike Westbrook management Peter Conway
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