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ArtsEmerson Presents Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein
Fenway News Online
(BOSTON ) ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents the Boston premiere of Hershey Felder in Maestro: Leonard Bernstein, the latest composer work from the creators of George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Chopin and Beethoven, As I Knew Him.

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Bacharach serenaded with his songs at DC Gershwin Prize concert
Washington Post
Those qualities alone didn't earn them the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, but they certainly define the music of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The duo were feted for their quietly complex pop songs Wednesday evening in the East ...

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Boston Ballet season closes with 'Fancy Free'
The Boston - Bay State Banner
Felder will also reprise “George Gershwin Alone,” his one-man look at George Gershwin, May 30-June 10. Felder's tribute gives significant attention to his landmark opera “Porgy and Bess,” now in a Tony Award-nominated musical version “The Gershwin's ...

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Master Chorale celebrates America in song
Danbury News Times
It was a special treat to hear Jacovino play the piano solo version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," deftly articulating with jazz phrasing, while remaining in total control of the enormously popular piece. The concert began with "I Hear ...


 
George: An Appreciation - An Essay by Bill Morelock
Minnesota Public Radio
One day the show featured George Gershwin's Concerto in F, played by a Quebecois pianist named Alain Lefevre. I always experience a pleasant flashback at hearing the concerto. It was early in college, and I was going about my four-year business of not ...

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Pianist Jon Kimura Parker enraptured by 'Rhapsody'
U-T San Diego
There are few pieces in the classical music canon with the popularity and character of George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue.” “It stands alone,” said pianist Jon Kimura Parker, who will perform the “Rhapsody” this weekend at Copley Symphony Hall with ...

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CD REVIEWS: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Sweet Little Devil
TheaterMania.com
By Andy Propst • May 16, 2012 • New York City There's an abundance of music from George Gershwin in the air right now -- and on disc. PS Classics is releasing the gorgeous two-disc set of the current Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess ...

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