St. Ann’s Warehouse, WNYC, and Brooklyn Bridge Park present Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music, a free, outdoor concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s exuberant American anthem Rhapsody in Blue. Situated beneath the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the concert features classical pianist and host of NPR’s AMPLIFY  Lara Downes, performing the New York City premiere of her take on Gershwin’s innovative 1924 work in a radical new arrangement by the Puerto Rican composer Edmar Colón. Considering American music through a century of immigration and transformation, Rhapsody for This Land celebrates our country’s long history of hope, protest, and change.

Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Rosanne Cash is a composer and singer-songwriter with four Grammy Awards, in addition to having partnered in programming collaborations with Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, SFJAZZ, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Library of Congress. She is also an author, whose 2010 memoir “Composed” landed on The New York Times bestseller list. In 2021, she became the first female composer to receive the MacDowell Medal, awarded since 1960 to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to American culture. Cash is joined by her husband and longtime creative partner John Leventhal

John Leventhal

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Jul 27, 2024

Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music · St. Ann’s Warehouse

Apr 3, 2024

Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal - Savannah Music Festival · Savannah Music Festival

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