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Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture

5/8/2007, 5 Tracks, 1:01:17

Featuring

  • Jeff Tyzik
  • Jon Nakamatsu
  • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
  • George Gershwin

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Composition History

The premiere of Rhapsody in Blue on February 12, 1924, in New York's Aeolian Hall, featured George Gershwin himself playing the solo part.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Gershwin originally named his festive piece 'Rumba' but changed it to 'Cuban Overture' for publication, explaining that the new title better conveyed the music's character and intent.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz,' surprised George Gershwin by announcing the premiere of his 'jazz piano concerto' (later Rhapsody in Blue) in a newspaper article, giving him only four weeks to compose it.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

At 15, George Gershwin dropped out of high school to work as a song 'plugger' for Jerome H. Remick & Co. in Tin Pan Alley, where he met Fred Astaire.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

George Gershwin's parents, Moshe Gershovitz and Rose Bruskin, emigrated separately from Russia to America in the 1890s and settled in New York's Lower East Side.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

George Gershwin's Piano Concerto in F was commissioned by Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, after he was impressed by Rhapsody in Blue.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

George Gershwin was initially drawn to the piano that arrived in his household in 1910, which was originally intended for his brother Ira.

Source: Booklet

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