Yuja Wang Plays “Rhapsody in Blue” with the Shanghai Symphony TONIGHT! at 7:00 pm USA CT

Tonight at 7:00 on the "Evening Concert" on Will-FM Yuja Wang is the soloist in Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Also on the program, Dvorak's "Carnival Overture" and Smetana's "Ma Vlast".

Monday January 30: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO 17-05 of 13)

[First ever broadcast series of a Chinese orchestra to U.S. radio audiences]

AUDIO QUALITY ADVISORY: The concert recordings of a limited number of works in this series contain brief instances of audio distortion.

CONDUCTOR: Zhang Jie Min – Dvorak; Paavo Järvi – Smetana; Long Yu - Gershwin

Dvorak: Carnival Overture, Op.92

Smetana: Má Vlast

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue SOLOIST: Yujia Wang (piano)

Program also includes a Gershwin medley performed by organist Cameron Carpenter, and a highlight from the Shanghai Orchestra Academy:

Bernstein/ McGuinness: “One Hand One Heart” from West Side Story