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Although travel is still restricted, music can take us to some of the greatest places in the world. The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra transports us as…
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Fascinatin' Rhythm Program #2041There are two George Gershwins – the writer of percussive pop tunes early in his career and then the composer of lovely…
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2/15 Episode # 2007There’s no river named Swanee. But there is one named Suwanee. It runs south and west from the Okefenokee Swamp in Southern Georgia…
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This month, tune into The Metropolitan Opera to hear one of America's most beloved operas. The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess has been critically acclaimed,…
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Powerhouses Renée Fleming and Audra McDonald team up with the San Francisco Symphony under Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas to open the 2018-2019 season of…
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Episode 19011/5 I Love To Rhyme Songwriters borrow the techniques of poetry to become masters of their craft, and that includes rhyme. Language has its…
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If They’d Lived LongerProgram 1727George Gershwin died young, but he wasn’t the only important 20th century songwriter whose life and achievement were cut…
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Fascinatin' Rhythm Program #1720Even though George Gershwin had a discernible sound, the evolution of his style over a mere twenty years is striking.