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George Gershwin

Concert Review: Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing” at Robbins Auditorium

Concert Review: Gershwin’s “Of Thee I Sing” at Robbins Auditorium

In all, Chorus pro Musica’s production was witty and diverting, timely in spots and smart throughout

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Chorus pro Musica, George Gershwin, musical, Of Thee I Sing, political, Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium

Classical Music CD Reviews: Hrůša’s Dvorák, “The Lost Songs of St. Kilda,” and Steve Richman’s Gershwin

Classical Music CD Reviews: Hrůša’s Dvorák, “The Lost Songs of St. Kilda,” and Steve Richman’s Gershwin

The Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Dvořák, George Gershwin, Harmonia Mundi, Harmonie Ensemble, Jakub Hrůša, Pentatone, PKF-Prague Philharmonia, Slavonic Rhapsodies, Steven Richman, Symphonic Variations, The Lost Songs of St. Kilda, Trevor Morrison

Fuse Classical Music Review/Commentary: BSO / Pianist Kirill Gerstein – Whose America?

Fuse Classical Music Review/Commentary: BSO / Pianist Kirill Gerstein  – Whose America?

The BSO’s Americana concert could only provide four beautiful snapshots of a very complicated landscape.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, George Gershwin, Jacques Lacombe, John Harbison, Kirill Gerstein, Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Tanglewood

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Zebra in the Room

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Zebra in the Room

Much more work could be done fertilizing the fields of cross-cultural music, sowing seeds collected from the great touchstones of American culture – innovation, integration, risk, reward.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: African-America, Dana Suesse, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Gunther Schuller, JIPC jazz-influenced piano concerto, minstrel, Racism

Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto –Revisiting the Jazz Side

Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto –Revisiting the Jazz Side

What I’ve learned from three years of research and listening is that the piano concerto is an ideal vehicle with which individual composers can experiment

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Chick Corea, Claus Ogerman, Concertino for Jazz Quartet and Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Donal Fox, Duke Ellington, Elementals, George Gershwin, George Russell, Gunther Schuller, Iiro Rantala, JIPC jazz-influenced piano concerto, Living Time, Michel Camilo, New World A-Coming, Peace Out, Symbiosis, The Continents: Concerto for Jazz Quintet

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1923-1955

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1923-1955

This first group of mavericks all have their roots in the 1920s, but they demonstrate that George Gershwin’s way wasn’t the only way.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Aaron-Copland, Dana Suesse, Erwin Schulhoff, George Gershwin, JIPC, Leo [Leopold] Smit

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Great God George

Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Great God George

There are still some places where the genius of George Gershwin is underappreciated, and regrettably, they include most of the concert halls in his home country.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: George Gershwin, Jazz-Influenced Piano Concertos, Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue

Fuse Theater Review: Hershey Felder in “George Gershwin Alone”

Fuse Theater Review: Hershey Felder in “George Gershwin Alone”

What “George Gershwin Alone” provides is a light, pleasant evening of familiar music, with playwright, pianist, and actor Hershey Felder performing excerpts from a dozen or so of Gershwin’s best-known works.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Theater Tagged: Culture Vulture, George Gershwin, Gershwin Alone, Hershey Felder

Fuse Theater Review: The BSO Delivers Porgy and Bess With Gusto at Tanglewood

Fuse Theater Review: The BSO Delivers Porgy and Bess With Gusto at Tanglewood

An alternative to the New York Times’ review of “Porgy and Bess” at the Tanglewood Festival.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Theater Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, George Gershwin, Laquita Mitchell, Porgy and Bess, Tanglewood

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