The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland - summer tour second leg

This summer, National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland welcomes back two of its most celebrated guest artists, Iain Ballamy and Liane Carroll. Both Iain and Liane join the Jazz Orchestra as tutors for the summer school on the Isle of Skye. They will then perform alongside the orchestra during its two-leg summer tour, and for the all-important BBC Prom on 5 August at the Royal Albert Hall.

NYOS Jazz Orchestra, led by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain perform late-night Prom 28, in which they mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by performing Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s musical tribute to the Bard, Such Sweet Thunder. With instruments taking the roles of actors, Ellington’s piece broke new ground when it appeared in 1957 as part of a 12-track Shakespeare-themed album, and it still feels entirely fresh today.