Munich Philharmonic: Korngold / Weill / Gershwin / BernsteinWayne Marshall (conductor)
This event is in the past.
Exactly 100 years ago, George Gershwin caused a sensation with the world premiere of his Rhapsody in Blue. With this “jazz concerto”, he gave his home country the long-awaited genuinely American classical masterpiece, while at the same time propelling himself to world fame.
This event is in the past.
Exactly 100 years ago, George Gershwin caused a sensation with the world premiere of his Rhapsody in Blue. With this “jazz concerto”, he gave his home country the long-awaited genuinely American classical masterpiece, while at the same time propelling himself to world fame.
- Munich Philharmonic
- Wayne Marshall, conductor
Wayne Marshall, who already gave an acclaimed jazz concert with classical orchestra in the opening season of the Isarphilharmonie now presents the Rhapsody in Blue as both conductor and soloist.
Leonard Bernstein continued the theme of Gershwin’s light-footed transitions between jazz and classical music. His suite for On the Waterfront, straddles the genres of film and concert music. The concert begins with Kurt Weill and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, two European composers who enjoyed success on Broadway and in Hollywood after emigrating to the USA.
Programme
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold: “Kings Row” Suite
- Kurt Julian Weill: “Symphonic Nocturne” from “Lady in the Dark” (concert suite arranged by Robert Russell Bennett)
- George Gershwin: “Rhapsody in Blue”
- Leonard Bernstein: “On the Waterfront”, symphonic suite
