Symphonic dances from West Side Story - Barnatan plays Gershwin

Programme

  • George Gershwin Piano Concerto
  • Leonard Bernstein Symphonic dances from West Side story

Steven Spielberg showed with his new film adaptation of West Side Story that Bernstein's musical is a timeless masterpiece. This morning the Symphonic Dances are on the desks of the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Inon Barnatan makes Gershwin's Piano Concerto swing and shine.

Symphonic dances from West Side Story
Steven Spielberg showed with his new film adaptation of West Side Story that Bernstein's musical is a timeless masterpiece. Paying full attention to the music, the Symphonic Dances from the musical prove that once again. You will hear Somewhere, Maria, the Mambo and all the other classics pass by in this catchy music.

Inon Barnatan plays Gershwin
When Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue was a resounding success, angry tongues in New York claimed that Gershwin would be but a one-hit wonder. To prove them wrong, Gershwin composed his greatest and most complex work to that time with his delightful Piano Concerto in F. With this concerto, Gershwin brought jazz, the charleston, the blues and other popular American "folk music" to the concert hall. Pianist Inon Barnatan, "one of the most admired pianists of his generation" according to The New York Times, makes Gershwin's piano concerto swing and shine.

Date:
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Time:
11:00 am
Intermission:
No
Location:
The Royal Concertgebouw

Amsterdam
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Large Hall

Performers

Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
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Karina Canellakis, chief conductor RFO
Karina Canellakis
Conductor
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Inon Barnatan
Piano

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