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100 YEARS OF RHAPSODY IN BLUE

April 6
7:30 pm

With American Idol winner Candice Glover!

Join the Charleston Symphony to celebrate this milestone anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, a groundbreaking masterpiece that forever changed the landscape of music when it debuted 100 years ago.

Yuriy Bekker will lead the orchestra and soloists for an unforgettable evening of musical legends, with works by George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Sinatra, and more.

Featuring pianist Daniela Liebman and American Idol winner Candice Glover, you won’t want to miss this jazz-inspired Pops season finale!

 

PROGRAM

Leonard Bernstein
On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

  1. The Great Lover
  2. Lonely Town (pas de duex)
  3. Time Square: 1944

 

Candice Glover sings 

L-O-V-E
Summertime
It’s Only A Paper Moon

 

George Gershwin, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé
Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra (1942 Campbell-Watson revision)

 

INTERMISSION

 

Frank Sinatra, arr. John Moss
Salute to Ol’ Blue Eyes

 

Candice Glover sings

Unforgettable
Blues in the Night
Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing
I Who Have Nothing

 

George Gershwin, revised Frank Campbell-Watson
An American in Paris

 



ARTISTS

Yuriy Bekker, Conductor
Candice Glover, Vocalist
Daniela Liebman, Piano

 


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