Brass Brilliance

Event Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 7:00 PM

What’s Playing

GEORGE GERHSWIN An American in Paris
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON Sinfonietta for Strings (II and III)
GEORGE GERSHWIN I Got Rhythm Variations
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition

Who’s Performing

Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Alltop Music Director and Conductor
Sylvia Wang Piano

What’s Interesting

• George Gershwin is the American composer who dressed Jazz in a tuxedo and took it to symphony concert halls around the world. This concert opens with Gershwin’s musical depiction of Paris in the roaring 20s, including honking taxi cabs!
• This program features music by African American composer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, and pianist Sylvia Wang will dazzle and delight with Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm Variations.
• Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by French composer Maurice Ravel) will bring the 2024/2025 Elmhurst Symphony season to a brassy and brilliant conclusion.

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