Arellano is so right to call attention to the very American "Rhapsody in Blue.” I was among the audience that found joy in the piece when Leonard Bernstein conducted it from the piano one ...
“Autochthonous” and Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" Suite for Orchestra and "Candide" Overture. The last pianist to play "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Akron Symphony Orchestra was Assistant ...