Rhapsody in Blue: Music from the City

George Gershwin invented a new American idiom by fusing classical music's disciplined elegance with the swinging spontaneity of jazz in Rhapsody in Blue, inspiring bold work from successors like Aaron Copland, William Bolcom and John Adams. Aaron Copland Quiet City John Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine George Gershwin Lullaby Mads Tolling Yggdrasil William Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Mads Tolling, violin • Philip Setzer, violin • Adam Golka, piano • Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, english horn • Carol Wincenc, flute • Guilherme Batalha, clarinet • Delano Bell, bassoon • Shichen Li, horn • Grace O'Connell, trumpet • Matthew Nienow, trombone • Michael Salzman, tuba • Ethan Cowburn, percussion • Gregg August, bass • Ian Niederhoffer, conductor • Festival Young Artists Tickets at https://www.mmfvt.org/concerts