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Rhapsody & Rhythm

Berliner Symphoniker

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North and South American rhythms – in Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" they characterize the two rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks. Bernstein arranged some numbers from the now famous musical as a suite, which conquered the concert stage as "symphonic dances." Just like George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," in which jazz elements, blues and symphonic music merge together. The African-American composer Florence Price is considered a redisc...

Program

Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story Suite

José Pablo Moncayo - Huapango

George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Darius Milhaud - Le boeuf sur le toit

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Participants

Marcus Merkel

Conductor

Markus Becker

Piano

Berliner Symphoniker