Ravel is said to have told Gershwin who sought to study composition with him (paraphrased), "Why be a second-rate Ravel, when you can be a first-rate Gershwin?"
It’s a “Gershwin Spectacular” from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra!
Music by Gershwin (An American in Paris), Barber (Overture to the School For Scandal), Ives, Bates and others.
Besides the Gershwin, tonight's broadcast includes music of Ellington and Ives, and music by Zhao Jiping.
Music Director Alan Gilbert conducts the New York Philharmonic...music by Gershwin (An American in Paris) as well.
