GERSHWIN – RHAPSODY IN BLUE 100th YEAR ANNIVERSARY! plus rare original Gershwin music
| Steve Law | |
| 11 February 2024 | |
| 4:30 PM | |
| Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells | |
| St Thomas the Apostle Church, Corseley Rd, Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9SE |
On the eve of the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s legendary Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall, New York City, February 12 1924.
programme to include:
Rhapsody in Blue (original annotated version)
Swanee (1920)
Nobody But You (1919)
I Was So Young You Were So Beautiful (1919)
Novelette in Fourths (1919)
Lullaby (1919)
I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922)
(piano roll arrangements)
Plus: Zez Confrey – ‘Kitten on the Keys’ and ‘Greenwich Witch’ from 1921