Gershwin in Hollywood and Tchaikovsky in New York
Kate Molleson introduces highlights of a concerts from around the world, featuring music from Hollywood by Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky from the Orchestra Now in New York.
"Let me entertain you" is the motto of this concert, featured this week and next, by the WDR Radio Orchestra. The focus is on two of the most important American composers of the twentieth century - George Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. This week's highlights feature the music of Gershwin, under the musical direction of Wayne Marshall.
The US remains a theme with a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 3 by one of New York's newest orchestras.
Introduced by Kate Molleson
George Gershwin - Rhapsody No. 2, for piano and orchestra
George Gershwin arr. Robert Russell Bennett - Gershwin in Hollywood {Medley}
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne
Wayne Marshall, conductor/piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 3 in D Major, op. 29 (Polish)
The Orchestra Now
Leon Botstein, conductor
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody No. 2
Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall. -
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George Gershwin
Gershwin in Hollywood
Music Arranger: Robert Russell Bennett. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no. 3 in D major, Op.29
Orchestra: The Orchestra Now. Conductor: Leon Botstein.
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- Sun 3 Feb 2019 20:45大象传媒 Radio 3
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