And who could keep a straight face listening to the strutting clarinet solo at the beginning of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue ... riffed along on piano. The rest of the piece is ...

Claudia Kalb - Author, Spark: How Genius Ignites, From Child Prodigies to Late Bloomers The first song ever published by George Gershwin ... of a train in “Rhapsody in Blue,” his 1924 ...

Packed with Gershwin’s own dazzling piano solos, Rhapsody in Blue has become one of the most famous orchestral pieces of all time. Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift ...

The finale of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas's 2024-25 MainStage Season will be bittersweet. Even though it got the ...

T he Quad City Symphony Orcheestra Masterworks VI concerts April 5 and 6 will feature George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” performed by acclaimed pianist Lorraine Min. according to a news ...

Expect “lots of swing and sophistication," says Cosette Justo Valdés about her all-Gershwin program with the Kalamazoo ...

His father, Morris Gershowitz, bought a piano ... result was Rhapsody in Blue. The first performance on February 12, 1924 (attended by the likes of Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Toscanini) was a triumph ...

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Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift became ... with this Bitesize Key Stage 3 guide. The piano is the star of Rhapsody in Blue. So why not explore how another composer ...

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