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2024-03-04 15:56:07
Barbican, LondonIn an all-American programme works by composers from Gershwin to an Adams world premiere were superbly presented by Rattle and LSO, with Harris’s 1939 symphony a revelationS
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2024-02-25 18:31:17
George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue was premiered one hundred years ago, on the snowy afternoon of February 12, 1924, at Aeolian Hall on Manhattan’s West 43rd Street. The 25-year-old composer was at the piano, joined by the dance band of Paul Whiteman, the noted bandleader who commissioned the work. It was presented near the end of a marathon concert, organized and promoted by Whiteman, entitled, An Experiment in Modern Music. Purportedly in attendance were such musical luminaries as Sergei Rachmaninov, Fritz […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2024-02-25 16:48:08
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra continued its season Saturday night with the […]
2024-02-21 16:01:12
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