"America at 250" Festival Concert III

American music is full of fireworks — opportunities for composers and musicians to dazzle and astound. In the final concert of the “America at 250” Festival, show pieces by American 20th-century masters like George Antheil, Paul Schoenfield, and John Adams are woven together with familiar, lyrical numbers by Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. The concert concludes with Gershwin’s glorious Jazz concerto Rhapsody in Blue, in a playful and awe-inspiring arrangement for piano, four hands.

Program

John Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes for Violin Duet (arr. Bruce Dukov)
George Antheil Sonata No. 2 for Violin, Piano, and Drums
Leonard Bernstein Meditation No. 1 from Mass for Cello and Piano
Paul Schoenfield Four Souvenirs for Violin and Piano
Igor Frolov Concert Fantasy on Themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for Violin and Piano, Op. 19
Amy Beach Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
John Adams Road Movies for Violin and Piano
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue for Piano, Four Hands (arr. Henry Levine)

Gloria Chien, piano; Wu Han, piano; Chad Hoopes, violin; Richard Lin, violin; David Finckel, cello