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NOI Philharmonic: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

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NOI Philharmonic: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

College of Arts and Humanities | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Saturday, June 17, 2023 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

ABOUT THE EVENT

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NAXOS RECORDS

David Alan Miller, conductor
Kevin Cole, piano
NOI Philharmonic

David Alan Miller, multi-Grammy Award-winning conductor and music director of the Albany Symphony, leads the NOI Philharmonic on stage with Kevin Cole, the foremost interpreter of George Gershwin’s music, on piano. The program begins with Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, a tone poem inspired by a visit to Havana, imbibed with Cuban rhythms and elements of Cuban dance. Next is Gershwin’s cherished masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, which deftly assimilates American and European traditions while challenging the divisions between classical and popular music. Following up with more Gershwin, his Second Rhapsody carries similar passion and intensity to Rhapsody in Blue, kindled from the story of a young Russian pianist who emigrates to Manhattan. Steven Stucky’s orchestral fantasy Dreamwaltzes sets fragments of Viennese waltz music of Brahms and Strauss in a strikingly modern orchestral tone. Joan Tower’s 1920/2019 concludes the program, commemorating the two most historically significant years for the advancement of women in society.

"When Cole sits down at the piano, you would swear Gershwin himself was at work."

–Chicago Tribune

PROGRAM

Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: Second Rhapsody
Stucky: Dreamwaltzes
Tower: 1920/2019

Add to Calendar 06/17/23 7:30 PM 06/17/23 9:30 PM America/New_York NOI Philharmonic: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

ABOUT THE EVENT

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NAXOS RECORDS

David Alan Miller, conductor
Kevin Cole, piano
NOI Philharmonic

David Alan Miller, multi-Grammy Award-winning conductor and music director of the Albany Symphony, leads the NOI Philharmonic on stage with Kevin Cole, the foremost interpreter of George Gershwin’s music, on piano. The program begins with Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, a tone poem inspired by a visit to Havana, imbibed with Cuban rhythms and elements of Cuban dance. Next is Gershwin’s cherished masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, which deftly assimilates American and European traditions while challenging the divisions between classical and popular music. Following up with more Gershwin, his Second Rhapsody carries similar passion and intensity to Rhapsody in Blue, kindled from the story of a young Russian pianist who emigrates to Manhattan. Steven Stucky’s orchestral fantasy Dreamwaltzes sets fragments of Viennese waltz music of Brahms and Strauss in a strikingly modern orchestral tone. Joan Tower’s 1920/2019 concludes the program, commemorating the two most historically significant years for the advancement of women in society.

"When Cole sits down at the piano, you would swear Gershwin himself was at work."

–Chicago Tribune

PROGRAM

Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin: Second Rhapsody
Stucky: Dreamwaltzes
Tower: 1920/2019

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

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