Times Union

Albany Symphony to play Gershwin's 'Rhapsody' like it was 100 years ago

Albany Symphony with director David Alan Miller conducting. In honor of its 100th birthday, “Rhapsody in Blue” will be performed in its original form by pianist Kevin Cole and Albany Symphony in ...
KSL

This 16-year-old found out he's soloing with the Utah Symphony while playing a video game

Wyatt Christensen, 16, will perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Utah Symphony on Wednesday. He is one of ...
Detroit Free Press

Detroit Symphony Orchestra celebrates 100 years of 'Rhapsody in Blue'

One of the 20th century’s most enduring, endearing works of classical music, George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” was written and premiered in 1924. This weekend, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) ...
New York Sun

Composed in 1924, George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Stands Tall to This Day

In 1924, when George Gershwin composed “Rhapsody in Blue,” virtually no one used the term “classical” music. The phrase that was then employed was “concert music.” To most of America, there was dance ...
Berkshire Eagle

100 years on, an George Gershwin's American anthem 'Rhapsody in Blue' still soars

Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for our real national anthem. Not the one inspired by the 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry, set to the tune of an English drinking song and featuring a high note, ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Appropriating Black music? Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is beloved by all listeners

To the editor: Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for the tribute to George Gershwin and his “messy” masterpiece, “Rhapsody in Blue.” Despite criticism of this work, performers will play and audiences will ...