Pianist Hayato Sumino picks up a second instrument during a concerto movement, to stun the Royal Albert Hall and create an unforgettable moment of music-making. With 5,000 people looking on during a ...

Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is beloved by all listeners George Gershwin, composer of “Rhapsody in Blue,” during a recording session in New York in 1934. (CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images) ...

And who could keep a straight face listening to the strutting clarinet solo at the beginning of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”? The now-iconic slide that opens the work, delivered with ...

It is easy, and accurate, to call “Rhapsody in Blue” naïve and corny. But, to be fair, it was still very early in the timeline of jazz and swinging Black music on record.

As orchestras around the country celebrate 'Rhapsody in Blue' throughout 2024, it’s important to think of the piece as more than just music.

American composer George Gershwin (1898 — 1937) leaning on a piano next to sheet music for his score, “Rhapsody in Blue” in 1924. Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...

With the wail of a clarinet, George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue' electrified audiences 100 years ago. Today we still love it — and argue about it News Bergen Passaic Sports HS Sports Advertise ...

In the article I cited above, “The Worst Masterpiece: ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ at 100,” Iverson offers an intriguing take: that “Rhapsody in Blue,” while having its charms, is just too ...

Fleck describes adapting “Rhapsody in Blue” as a musical Everest. “On a piano, you have 10 fingers and 81 keys. On a banjo, I can only strike three notes at a time,” Fleck said.

The Santa Barbara Symphony concludes its 2023/24 Season with Rhapsody in Blue @ 100: Jazz Comes to The Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 and 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at 3 p.m. at The Granada Theatre.