"Perfect for anyone who appreciates the music of
Gershwin or is a fan of musical theatre; it has rhythm, it has music, who could ask for anything more?" said the Nottingham Post.
Gershwin met Berg in Vienna in 1928 when the American, after a private performance of the Austrian's Lyric Suite, hesitated to play his own music at the piano.
Combining careful examination of the sources in the Bernstein archive with the version that the musician eventually recorded (with particular cuts) shows the Rhapsody and
Gershwin as central controlling ideas in Bernstein's musical consciousness.
It will be a concert of many contrasts - from the cabaret club feel of
Gershwin's concerto, and Wagner's majestic and rousing overture, which begins with a quartet of horns and wind instruments, to the Rachmaninov symphony that Robert Guy describes as "full of tunes - what more do the programme notes need to say?" The
Gershwin work was premiered by the New York Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York on December 3, 1925, and featured the composer as the soloist.
Pianist Cristine Coyiuto was the soloist in
Gershwin's Concerto in F.
Gershwin: Born in 1898 to Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn.
"Sing the Songs of George & Ira
Gershwin" is volume one of the Professional Vocal Soundtracks Series, including sheet music for the vocal parts and a CD with demonstration performances and background instrumental parts for each song.
And if you can't make Saturday night, then he will also join conductor Clark Rundell and the Phil on Friday for one of the new "coffee concerts" at noon, although he will only be performing the
Gershwin.
Feinstein has a particular penchant for songs written by composer George
Gershwin with lyrics by George's brother Ira, and he is also fond of Fred Astaire.
"On My Way": The Untold Story of Rouben Mamoulian, George
Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess tells of a nearly forgotten director who helped Porgy and Bess turn into a successful and unparalleled production: Rouben Mamoulian, whose collaboration with the more famous
Gershwin has nearly been forgotten.
"On my way"; the untold story of Rouben Mamoulian, George
Gershwin, and Porgy and Bess.