Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Also on the program: Ives' "3rd Symphony" "The Camp Meeting" and American hymn tunes
A “Piano Concerto for Left Hand Alone” and “An American in Paris” on the “Evening Concert”
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?"
Happy Fourth of July: An all-American music program on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
It’s a “Gershwin Spectacular” from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra!
Leonard Slatkin guest conducts the CSO in a program of music by American composers.
Music by Gershwin (An American in Paris), Barber (Overture to the School For Scandal), Ives, Bates and others.
“An American in Paris” for two pianos and Episode 1 of “Shanghai Spring” tonight
Besides the Gershwin, tonight's broadcast includes music of Ellington and Ives, and music by Zhao Jiping.