2:00 – 4:00 pm
New Mexico Philharmonic presents Rhapsody in Blue
Na’Zir McFadden, Conductor
Sydney Tasker, cello
Kate Shao, piano
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Just over 100 years ago, George Gershwin composed a concerto for jazz orchestra, and the result redefined American music. Take in his Rhapsody in Blue, performed by Kate Shao, first-place winner in the piano division of this year’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. The youthful vigor continues with cellist Sydney Tasker, the first-place string division winner, performing Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the program are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s energetic Ballade and Tchaikovsky’s fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet.
Run time: Approximately 2 hours
$34, $44, $54, & $78 w/ discounts for students
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