“The Year 1958” on “the New York Philharmonic This Week” on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
1958 was the year Leonard Bernstein "took over'' as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.
Jon Kimura Parker plays Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in Chicago on the “Evening Concert”
Also on the program: Samuel Barber's "2nd Essay for Orchestra" and Dvorak's "7th Symphony"
Lang Lang goes to Pittsburgh to play Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
Having previously sustained an injury to his left hand, Lang Lang plays the right hand part of the "Rhapsody" while Maxim Lando plays the left hand part.....THAT should be interesting, eh?
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?"
Music of the Heartland
Enjoy this program of music that defines our country.