And who could keep a straight face listening to the strutting clarinet solo at the beginning of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”? The now-iconic slide that opens the work, delivered with ...

From the soaring opening notes on the clarinet, to the razzle-dazzle of ... The piano is the star of Rhapsody in Blue. So why not explore how another composer put one instrument centre stage ...

Rhapsody In Blue is like a musical postcard from America from Gershwin to us. DIONNE BROMFIELD:The piece may have started with the sleepy lazy clarinet, but it finishes in quite a different mood.