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Roaring 20s

Rhapsody in Blue

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Sunday, October 6 2024
2:30pm
Merrill Auditorium

Program

GEORGES BIZET
“The Toreadors” from Carmen

JULIUS FUČIK
Entrance of the Gladiators

RICHARD WAGNER
The Ride of the Valkyries

CRAIG ARMSTRONG
“Dream Violin” from The Great Gatsby

AARON COPLAND
“Hoe-Down” from Rodeo

SAMUEL BARBER
Adagio for Strings

GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Overture to William Tell

GEORGE GERSHWIN arr. DON ROSE
Strike Up The Band Overture

W.C. HANDY arr. JEFF TYZIK
St. Louis Blues

DUKE ELLINGTON arr. MORTON GOULD
Sophisticated Lady

GEORGE GERSHWIN orch. FERDE GROFÉ
Rhapsody in Blue

Artists, programs, and dates are subject to change.

Artists, programs, and dates are subject to change.

Put on your flapper dresses and zoot suits and get ready to journey back to the decadence of the Roaring ‘20s and the Jazz Age. 

Rhapsody in Blue and the PSO both celebrate one hundred year in 2024. A fitting coincidence as Rhapsody was part of the program for the PSO’s first POPS! concert, held at the Eastland Ballroom in 1939. 


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Norman Huynh guest conductor

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