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 ...

Rhapsody” may lack the title of “concerto,” but its flashy solos and catchy tunes have attracted a century’s worth of famous pianists to Davies — including Gershwin himself in 1937.

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 ...

The result was Rhapsody in Blue. The first performance on February 12, 1924 (attended by the likes of Rachmaninov, Stravinsky and Toscanini) was a triumph – if controversial – and it made Gershwin ...

The 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 ...

George Gershwin claimed he frequently heard music “in the heart of noise” and said the idea for Rhapsody in Blue came to him while travelling on a train. He poured the rhythms and noise of the ...