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Composer of the Week: Gershwin

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2/5. Young, Rich and Famous
By 1925 George Gershwin had already had a massive Broadway hit with Lady Be Good and crossed a musical frontier into the concert hall with his first orchestral work, Rhapsody in Blue. Donald Macleod maps the composer's busy social life at the time and looks at his New York Symphony Society commission to write a piano concerto.
The Man I Love Sarah Walker (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Overture: Tip-Toes New Princess Theater Orchestra, conductor John McGlinn
Piano Concerto in F Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn (piano) Three Preludes Angela Brownridge (piano) Someone to Watch over Me (Oh, Kay!) Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor Eric Stein Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gershwin
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Conductor:
John McGlinn
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Piano:
Angela Brownridge
Conductor:
Eric Stein
Source: Radio Times

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