Blossom Music Festival - Rhapsody in Blue

7:00 PM: Rhapsody in Blue

BERNSTEIN  Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
GERSHWIN  Rhapsody in Blue (trans. Fleck)
BARBER  Overture to The School for Scandal
STILL  Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”

Experience a fresh take on an American classic. Béla Fleck, “arguably the greatest living banjo player in the world” (NPR), marks the centennial of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with a dazzling new banjo transcription of this beloved showpiece. Conductor Brett Mitchell rounds out this all-American evening with orchestral gems by Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, and William Grant Still.

Performing Artists:

The Cleveland Orchestra
Brett Mitchell, conductor
Béla Fleck, banjo

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