Program Highlight

Music by Gershwin, Bernstein and Copland with the Royal Liverpool PO, Wed 3/13 @ 8pm

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published February 28, 2024 at 10:40 AM EST

In the 100th anniversary year of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, we'll hear a program of American favorites.

Cubist-style graphic image of Gershwin in blues, yellow and black

3/6 Sibelius: The Oceanides Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Roberto Ruisi, v; The Hallé Choir; The Hallé Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, cond)

3/13 Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Copland: Piano Concerto Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (Paul Lewis, p; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Domingo Hindoyan, cond)

3/20 Montgomery: Strum for string orchestra Dean: Cello Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World (Alban Gerhardt, c; German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin; Marin Alsop, cond)

3/27 Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Piano Concerto in G Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (Yuja Wang, p; Oslo Philharmonic, Norway; Klaus Mäkelä, cond)