Jon Kimura Parker plays Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” on the “Evening Concert” 

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Jon Kimura Parker is the soloist in Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”.  Lahav Shani guest conducts.  Also on the program Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances from ‘West Side Story’” and Ives’ “The Unanswered Question”.  

Wednesday, May 20: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 19-20_21)

Lahav Shani, conductor; Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Encore: Billy Joel’s “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant;” Scott Joplin’s “Solace”

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Ives: The Unanswered Question

Weill: Symphony No. 2

Encore: Leroy Anderson’s Fiddle-Faddle

[PSO Fill: Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49, 3rd movement; Lahav Shani, piano; Eyal Ein-Habar, flute; Adi Tal, cello]