Three American Icons, Judith Bingham. Concert Band

French Suite for Wind Ensemble and Percussion

A gripping, sometimes disturbing evocation of 50s and 60s culture, of Big Bands, crooners, Jazz combos, cult TV and Cinema, set against the background of the Kennedy assassination and cast as a classical French Suite. Highly original, vividly scored, by turns brilliant, elegant, sparkling and smoochy with a hair-raising conclusion. 18 minutes