Festival Orchestra: Rhapsody in Blue

Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano

John Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Debussy: Ibéria from Images

A little bit of New York, a little bit of Paris. America and France are front and center on a program that features not one, but two major works for piano and orchestra with the incomparable Michelle Cann. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is turning 100 this year and, like Ravel’s G Major Concerto, it is a perfect calling card for wit, charm and thrilling originality of its creator.

Tickets $40/$85; Children & Students $5

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Friday, July 5, 10 AM – Open Rehearsal

Join us for a pre-concert talk at 6 PM with GTMF’s Stoner Family Education Curator Meaghan Heinrich in the Barbara Furrer Goodman Memorial Garden near Walk Festival Hall’s north entrance. Talks are sponsored by the Goodman Family Foundation, in memory of Roy and Barbara Goodman.

Maestro Runnicles sponsored by Susan Jane & Nicholas J. Sutton
Music Director Initiatives sponsored by Peter Fenton & Kate Greer
Festival Orchestra sponsored by Marge Ordway
This week’s concerts sponsored by Janet & John Costello
Guest Artist Michelle Cann sponsored by Robert & Nancy Spetzler
Program sponsored by Teton Grantor Trust
GTMF’s Silver Business Partner for this program is Teton Motors

Photo: Steven Mareazi Willis