Swing With Strings! – EFG London Jazz Festival 2026

Saturday 21 November 2026 — Doors 7:00pm, concert 7:30–9:30pm

BMG Stradophonics present Swing With Strings! — blending the timeless elegance of the Great American Songbook with the lush orchestral sound inspired by the classic Charlie Parker with Strings recordings. This is the first performance of the Swing With Strings programme at EFG London Jazz Festival.

Featuring Anando Mukerjee (vocals), Julian Nicholas (saxophone), and the Bernardi String Ensemble led by Stradivarius violinist Andrew Bernardi.

Programme

Eighteen songs across two halves, with an interval.

First half

1. Coleman & Leigh — The Best Is Yet to Come
2. Klenner & Lewis — Just Friends
3. Gross & Lawrence — Tenderly
4. Burke & Van Heusen — Here's That Rainy Day
5. Ray Noble — The Very Thought of You
6. McHugh & Fields — I'm in the Mood for Love
7. Jon Lord — Turville Heath (from To Notice Such Things, commissioned by BMG, 2007)
8. Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish — Deep Purple
9. Brown & Kahn — You Stepped Out of a Dream

Second half

1. McHugh & Fields — I Can't Give You Anything but Love
2. Brooks Bowman — East of the Sun
3. George & Ira Gershwin — Embraceable You
4. Ellington & Webster — I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
5. Irving Berlin — They Say It's Wonderful (Mike Horner arrangement)
6. David Raksin & Johnny Mercer — Laura
7. Raymond Hubbell & John L. Golden — Poor Butterfly
8. Arlen & Mercer — Come Rain or Come Shine
9. Arlen & Mercer — That Old Black Magic

Tickets
Premium £40 — front seating, the best view of the performers.
Standard £30 — seating further back in the main hall, with a good view and excellent acoustics.

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