Concerts · Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Friday, February 12, 2027 · 7:30 PM
Crazy For Gershwin
Illinois Symphony Orchestra · UIS Performing Arts Center / ISU Center for the Performing Arts · Springfield, Illinois
Program
- George Gershwin Girl Crazy Overture from Girl Crazy
- Peter Boyer Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue
- George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
- Dana Suesse Jazz Nocturne
- George Gershwin An American in Paris
Artists
- Taichi Fukumura Conductor
- Jeffrey Biegel Soloist, Piano
Running time: about 50 min (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: Gershwin's 1924 fusion of jazz and concert music for piano and orchestra remains a signature American work, prized for bridging popular and classical idioms. More about George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue →
About this concert
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel joins the orchestra for an all-American program centered on Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, alongside Peter Boyer's Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue and Dana Suesse's Jazz Nocturne.
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