Q.Could you possibly find a recording of Rhapsody in Blue conducted by Paul Whiteman and played by George Gershwin? — Audrey Samelson, Coconut Creek A.Rhapsody in Blue was introduced by Whiteman and ...
Albany Symphony with director David Alan Miller conducting. In honor of its 100th birthday, “Rhapsody in Blue” will be performed in its original form by pianist Kevin Cole and Albany Symphony in ...
When Theron Brown was an undergraduate jazz studies student at the University of Akron, the thought of performing George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" was on the pianist's one-day wish list. The ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Rhapsody in Blue was composed by George Gershwin in 1924 and features a solo piano ...
On Feb 12, 1924, a concert organised by popular jazz band leader Paul Whiteman was held at the Aeolian Hall in New York City. Despite the cold and snow, the show was jam-packed not only with music ...
The pianist Ratko Delorko plays Chopin's Prelude in D flat, Op 28 No 15 ('Raindrop'); Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 ('Moonlight'); Schumann's Romance in F sharp; Chopin's ...
“I’m a closeted jazz pianist,” says Jon Nakamatsu, the classical soloist who rocketed to fame in 1997 when he won the gold medal at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition with his ...
San Antonio’s Agarita Chamber Players will continue their 2025–2026 season with a free concert this Sunday featuring George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue performed by piano, strings and clarinet.
A couple of weeks ago in The Times, a seasoned musician and composer proposed that George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” was “corny and Caucasian,” a “cheesecake” that has “clogged the arteries of ...
“Jazz, Love & Gershwin: A Century of Rhapsody in Blue” features the Marcus Roberts Trio and singer Catherine Russell. In the 1920s, the relatively new music genre known as jazz was rapidly becoming ...