Rhapsody in Blue & Rachmaninoff
January 5, 2024
It’s Rhapsody in Blue’s 100th birthday! The Symphony welcomes back acclaimed pianist Conrad Tao to throw Gershwin’s jazzy masterpiece the party of the century. Adding to the celebration, Tao will also play Rachmaninoff’s Fourth Piano Concerto, a rich and sweeping soundscape full of the composer’s hallmark virtuosity. Rounding out this blockbuster program are Jessie Montgomery’s pulsating piece, Strum, and Carl Nielsen’s dramatic “Inextinguishable Symphony.”
Part of the David M. Hicks Piano Series
