Schuller/Ives/Gershwin/George Walker/Antheil
19:30
Sat 10 Feb 2018
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Programme
- Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee(21 mins)
- Central Park in the Dark(9 mins)
- Rhapsody in Blue (original version with jazz band, arr. Grof茅)(16 mins)
- LilacsUK premiere
- Symphony No 6
Performers
- John Storg氓rdsconductor
- Peter Donohoepiano
- Joshua Ellicotttenor
Concert Information
In 1996 George Walker became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music 鈥� and tonight Joshua Ellicott joins the orchestra for the long-overdue UK premiere of the work that won the award. The beautiful Lilacs is the focus of a programme spotlighting the vibrancy of American music in the last century: two works inspired by painters, Antheil鈥檚 buoyant homage to Delacroix and Schuller鈥檚 jazz-inflected tribute to Klee, are joined by Ives鈥檚 evocation of the world鈥檚 greatest urban park and Gershwin鈥檚 indelible Rhapsody in Blue.
