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A journey to Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

Sara Mohr-Pietsch sets out on a journey of musical sightseeing, guided by Gershwin's fusion of European symphonic music and American jazz, Rhapsody in Blue.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch embarks on a journey of musical sightseeing, exploring the fusion of European symphonic style with the swing of American jazz. We are all headed towards the destination of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin's rhapsody is one of the most famous pieces of music ever written and a work that both understood and defined America like no other before or since. Along the way, Sara stops at Aaron Copland, Johann Sebastian Bach, Florence Price, Ferde Grofe, Tchaikovsky and Billie Holiday.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

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Sun 9 Mar 2025 13:30
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Leonard Bernstein plays and conducts Beethoven/Mozart/Schumann etc.
    • Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Florence Price

    Fantasie negre

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Dorian Sono Luminus.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, Var. xxx) Quodlibet

    Music Arranger: Nevermind. Ensemble: Nevermind.
    • Alpha.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 vi) M膬run葲el (Fast Dance)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Benedetti Foundation.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsodie in G minor, Op 79 No 2

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Brahms: Rhapsodies, Waltzes, Piano Pieces, Stephen Bishop Kovacevich.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Freddie Mercury

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    Music Arranger: Katona Twins. Ensemble: Katona Twins.
    • Solo Musica.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K545: 1st mvmt

    Music Arranger: Uri Caine. Ensemble: Uri Caine Ensemble.
    • Winter & Winter.

  • Gianluigi Trovesi

    Ciaccona, Pt. 2

    Performer: Christina Pluhar. Performer: L鈥橝rpeggiata.
    • All'Improvviso.
    • Alpha.
    • 7.

  • Mary Lou Williams

    Zodiac Suite: I. Aries

    Orchestra: Umlaut Orchestra.
    • Umlaut Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, Op 39

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Symphony no.1, Pomp and circumstance Marches: 成人快手SO, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

  • Ferde Grof茅

    On the Trail (Grand Canyon Suite)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • CBS.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Galitzianer tantz

    Performer: Maurice le Gaulois. Performer: Philippe Leblanc. Performer: Thierry Marinelli. Performer: Hugo Mathijsen.
    • Arion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Letter Scene. "Puskai pogibnu ya, no prezde" (Eugene Onegin, Op. 24)

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonata for Violin & Piano, II. Blues

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Erato.

  • Billie Holiday

    Lady Sings the Blues

    Composer: Herbie Nichols. Performer: Billie Holiday.
    • Verve.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Mar 2025 13:30
    成人快手 Radio 3