We thought the glissando from George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ couldn’t get any more epic – but then, we heard it in four-part harmony. Have a listen to this. The trill, scale and glissando in ...
First there was a clarinet trill — like a cat shaking off sleep. Then the cat stret-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-tched itself — from a low F to a high Bb. And the world of concert music changed forever. That shock ...
“Classical music doesn’t have to sound like one thing,” pianist and composer Conrad Tao said. What: “Gershwin & Ellington.” The Santa Rosa Symphony under Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong performs ...
We all know that most famous of clarinet moments, the opening glissando in George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue: WOOF etc. What an opening. And it requires some pretty intense technique to make it sound ...
On Feb. 12, 1924, a sassy fusion of jazz and classical music debuted in New York, sparking a mutual exchange of ideas still debated today. 'Rhapsody in Blue': After a century, Gershwin's musical ...
It was cold and snowy in New York City 100 years ago today, and Aeolian Hall, across from Bryant Park, was packed. Composers Sergei Rachmaninov and John Philip Sousa were in the audience, along with ...
George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...
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