Western Piedmont Symphony: Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue
Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue
Note this performance was originally scheduled for 10/12/24 and was postponed due to Hurricane Helene.
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesCelebrating the centennial of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, pianist Jeffrey Biegel and composer Peter Boyer launched the Rhapsody National Initiative with Rhapsody in Red, White, & Blue, a vibrant new work reflecting the American landscape, with the pulse, energy, and beauty of our shared identity as Americans. Western Piedmont Symphony is the only orchestra in North Carolina represented in this national symphonic project. Also on the program is the celebrated masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue, the lyrical and vivid Symphony No. 1 by living composer Adolphus Hailstork, and the mesmerizing Bolero by Ravel.
$20 – $50